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		Aardwolf on Aug 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote? Off topic, but why are Ask HN posts displayed in gray like a negatively voted comment? This entry has 35 positive points currently so shouldn't be made so low contrast...

frfl on Aug 4, 2019 [–]

It's to de-emphasize post bodies. It's like that for all post bodies on HN. I believe the rationale was to focus on the title/link and any comments.

Tempest1981 on Aug 4, 2019 | [–]

For me, the title is also gray:

"Ask HN: Germans, how to work legally remote?"

majewsky on Aug 4, 2019 | | [–]

I think that's the styling for a:visited. (It links to itself.)

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