News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on 'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save UK high street?. Parent comment

Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by bbg2401 on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @02:00PM (#50370013)
Why have you placed “facts” in quotation marks?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by thin_carapace on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @06:34PM (#50372937)
we live in a (post truth) society
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:'It's just vape, nail, charity shops': Can anything save ... by valleyer on Thursday November 05, 2026 @02:23AM (#50376174)
The original use of quotation marks, before scare quotes came along, was to suggest that the words you're using came from someone else. Fun fact: that's actually why they're called quotation marks.

That's what's going on here. @passive is repeating the word "fact" from the parent comment.

[ Parent | on HN ]