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Speaking of serious comments:

It used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on Hacker News wherein the top comment was something other than shitting on John Gruber.




I don't even know who John Gruber is.


I believe he was the villain in Die Hard. The actor was the same guy who played Dumbledore in Twilight.


I bet you'd recognize his website if you saw it though


This is distressingly true, I recognised Daring Fireball and its layout, and the general slant of the articles long before I could recognise the name John Gruber.

I'm sure there's some poignant comment to be made based on this, about how some people consume content online.


It also used to be possible to have a submission related to Apple on HN wherein the top comment was something other than Gruber-style fanboyism. So it all balances out in the end.


Seems ironic for you to make this statement when the top voted comment on this, a story Gruber is not mentioned in, is a jab at Gruber.

One might get the impression that "Gruber-style fanboyism" actually means "anything that is not critical of Apple".


If you got that impression, you'd be wrong. I classify Gruberism as that commentary which cannot and must not admit criticism of Apple.


Now, that doesn’t really happen, does it?


I agree in part, but in this case I also believe, as ender7 puts it, that "it's impossible to post a serious comment to a case that is already absurd". The comment was funny, but I wouldn't have upvoted it without this last remark.


Yet, against all odds, many people have found a way to make serious comments about the case.


It will possible again once John Gruber's shitty blog stops shitting up the front page.




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