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A comment on Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people who see you reading "Hacker News"?.

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people wh... by zaidf on Thursday April 23, 2009 @10:53AM (#575710)
Most common reaction is "are you a hacker?" from classmates as I browse HN during lectures.
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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone else get strange looks from people wh... by derefr on Thursday April 23, 2009 @11:58AM (#575870)
My response to such a person: "If a bunch of 'real hackers' wanted to get together and talk about doing illegal things, do you really think they'd call the website Hacker News?" (Not bothering to mention that they'd probably be meeting on IRC instead...)
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