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arachnidstoday at 12:17 AM4 repliesview on HN

This is an unhealthy amount of rage to feel about a random person doing something random on the internet


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anigbrowltoday at 2:08 AM

It's not a random person doing something random though. It's bait leveraging two very hot brands (Fable! Harry Potter!) and gluing them together with the the most clichéed, of-the-moment ad copy prose style. I don't hate the project or the brands particularly, but you have to be living under a rock not to be aware that social media is absolutely awash in this sort of content.

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I don't feel as activated about it as OP, but only because I've already opted myself out of this media landscape as much as possible. I think it's perfectly natural to be hostile towards such overt hijacking of one's limbic system. Modern marketing is incredibly toxic.

al_borlandtoday at 12:59 AM

I don’t think it’s about this single random person, but the larger trend it represents. It’s everywhere now, and it shows a general lack of care and craft.

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Retr0idtoday at 12:58 AM

It might not be a productive emotion, but I think it's completely normal to be experiencing it.

bschwindHNtoday at 2:34 AM

I enjoyed the unfiltered rage, it probably felt good to type.

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