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Ask HN: Is the word beautiful becoming overused?
3 points by nevster on Oct 22, 2014 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments
Every time now, when I see a product announcement and how their interface is beautiful, I find myself groaning.



Similarly, I wince every time "...made with love" is appended to marketing copy.

More accurate:

"...made with the hope of getting TechCrunch"

"...made with the money of me-too venture capitalists"

"...made with the bare minimum of technical effort needed"

"...made with far too much design and technical effort"

aaargh.


Here's a fun drinking game: take a sip every time you see the word "beautiful" in a product review. Take double if the review was for an Apple product.


In general when people apply adjectives to their own stuff it's more of an aspirational buzzword than reality.




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