[theodric]

The risk of posting on HN is having your rhetorical flourish taken literally, deconstructed, and criticized in excruciating detail: QED.

[HelloMcFly]

I think the problem here is that "growth mindset" has a more specific meaning to many readers that is not at all synonymous with "growth strategy", and there's some crossing of streams going on.

[throwaway_08932]

This risk multiplies when you have the audacity to make a joke on HN.

[gretch]

Unfortunately this guy broke the first and most important rule of telling a joke -> it has to be funny.