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This post is decently interesting and fun although I can't really understand where it's going? I see the connections between the ideas the author is making but overall the post feels rather meandering.

Aside: I hate to be a grammarian but the paragraph with four em dashes across two sentences really did my head in. Generally I expect them to set off parentheticals and I had no clue if I was supposed to place the parentheses across the sentences.




It meanders and I love it.

The author mentions that he tends to take initiative even when ideas are only half baked, and you can see it in his post. It feels rough and loose, like the ideas haven't been polished to perfection yet. There is no grand claim here.

I appreciate that all of the answers aren't served up on a silver platter and we're left to do with these theories what we will. It's raw and refreshing and I find it very engaging.


It's so odd. I was left with the feeling that I just stumbled on a few rough nuggets of pretty interesting advice. I really enjoyed reading this article and shall refer back to it, but it could almost be extended to a small book if the author would polish and deepen it.


Love it too - this article gives me Thirty Flights of Loving vibes.


I wish the post was on a wiki. Imagine what masterpiece the HN crowd would come up with when it was done!

Very meta... someone should do it :)


Post is generated by AI.


The McDonald's idea is brilliant.

When no one wants to make a suggestion, propose the worst possible one you can come up with. People will race to improve it because, while they don't know what they want, they know it's not THAT.

Plus their idea can't be worse than mine. So I've stolen all the embarrassment and disdain for myself.


And that, friend, is Cunningham's Law[0] in action.

[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law


That was my first thought too. It also seems reminiscent of how auctioneers will start the bidding at a price far below the reserve price, just to get people started.


> When no one wants to make a suggestion, propose the worst possible one you can come up with.

And watch in horror when everyone agrees to it because nobody cares as much as you do.

"Write the whole thing in 1960s-era COBOL? Eh, fine, no problem. Good idea, bhntr3."


>I can't really understand where it's going?

Same here. That's why I find it interesting. Some half baked ideas that feel accurate and useful. No big theory about life. Perfect blog post.


I thought we were getting punked by an AI generated article again


> This post is decently interesting and fun although I can't really understand where it's going

Does a post have to be going somewhere to be interesting and fun?

If a post is going somewhere, do you have to be able to see where that is in order to find it interesting and fun?


A lot of times on pieces like this I'd prefer there not be a point. The piece is thought provoking and doesn't demand I really learn anything. Really it just inspires me to introspect and I think that's just fine.


Was about to comment this myself. It feels like the post meanders just like Sienfeld and makes a bunch of observations without stating anything.


It's implicitly stating a lot: that by using these techniques you can grease social situations to your advantage. Which is why "boss" likes this guy, certainly not because of his half-baked ideas.


It's a post about nothing!




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