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by effingwewt 2050 days ago
Presidential election results of a major nation is extremely relevant despite being political, thus the qualifier most.
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wdr1 2050 days ago
Relevant to what?
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effingwewt 2050 days ago
Maybe I'm wrong here but if a there were a new Russian President of Queen or England I'd want to be informed, as we all have to interact with each other.

But again, maybe I'm wrong and it's just me. I never flag and can't downvote so maybe the people that do are correct.

edit- spelling.

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stareatgoats 2050 days ago
> a new Russian President of Queen or England

I'd say you are wrong, yes. HN isn't supposed to be your source of news, it is supposed to be a source of interesting topics to discuss. Hence "If they'd cover it on TV news, it's probably off-topic" (from the guidelines).

This rule is one of the main reasons HN hasn't gone down in flame wars yet - topics like these routinely result in people losing their temper and the rational discourse goes out the window.

edit: looks like the mods decided to save one canonical thread on this subject after all (with a big plea to stay calm at the top): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25015967

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