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by andrewstuart 1045 days ago
I wrote the comment before I clicked on the link.
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SideburnsOfDoom 1045 days ago
> I wrote the comment before I clicked on the link.

yes, and it shows. This is an example of why it's generally a bad idea.

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andrewstuart 1045 days ago
But I was perfectly correct!

I saw the super doom and gloom headline and thought “hedge funds trying to engineer a crash”.

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SideburnsOfDoom 1045 days ago
> But I was perfectly correct!

So what? Are you saying that it was obvious, or that your comment added nothing unless you haven't even glanced at the article? I think both are true.

A better, less "low effort" comment would be e.g. "On checking the article, I had no surprise that it says that Mark Spitznagel runs a hedge fund, because ..."

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