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BLAP
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BLAP writes Skunk Ledger, a personal blog at skunkledger.substack.com about culture, philosophy and writing. Since 2023, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 8 times. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-01-05, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (2) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Readers link BLAP for its humour: one commenter called a follow-up post funnier than the previous one. Another commenter argues the blog misses the point of a discussion about grades in school.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 2 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
I think you've missed the point about TFA's discussion on grades. Here's a link so you can go back: https://skunkledger.substack.com/i/125171481/b-dealing-with-... Basically, high grades aren't the end-all, be-all of school. They aren't a way of defining ones' worth. The analogy of treating school like a job really applies here. TFA also points out the risk of bad grades. I should point out that TFA's advice works f…
Comment linking /i/125171481/b-dealing-with-your-school-and-your-parents
on “Escaping High School”Submitted It Is Impossible to Be a Movie as a story · 4 points
HN discussionThis is amazing. Their next one, [1], is somehow even better. I'm not sure if it's HN-relevant, but it is hilarious. [1]: https://skunkledger.substack.com/p/my-opening-speech-at-the-...
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on “Superrational”Submitted Escaping High School as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Vista Is Not the Terrain as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Big Red Button as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Superrational as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Medusa and the Seer as a story · 1 points
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