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John Barnes
Personal blog · thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.comwritingculturemath
John Barnes writes Approachably Reclusive, a personal blog at thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com about writing, culture and math. Since 2014, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 5 times, most often “John Barnes: I Hate Snark (2011)”. The last post was in 2016, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link John Barnes's "I Hate Snark" post, which argues that snark is a corrosive habit in cultural conversation, such as one-upping others by mocking books nobody has read.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
The central blog for all things John Barnes (science fiction writer, theatre historian, marketing intel math guru, and other stuff) where you can find his musings, maunderings, and misapprehensions. Links and posts here lead to many other areas of Barnesian activity.
Most-linked posts?
- John Barnes: I Hate Snark (2011)2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2014-07-06
What Hacker News says?
This piece is a textbook example of snark [1] and I invite anyone to convince me its usefulness. [1] http://thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-hate-snark.html
Comment linking /2011/12/i-hate-snark.html
on “Clicking Their Way to Outrage”Submitted Why People Have Difficulty Learning Math (2015) as a story · 3 points
HN discussionSnark is the universal solvent of cultural conversation. - http://thatjohnbarnes.blogspot.com/2011/12/i-hate-snark.html...
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on “How not to attract women to coding: Make tech pink”Submitted John Barnes: I Hate Snark (2011) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionIn the same spirit is John Barnes's I Hate Snark [1] blog post. An excerpt: > Snark is the universal solvent of cultural conversation. Someone mentions Hemingway; you mention cross-dressing, drinking, and short choppy sentences. Not only did you not have to read Hemingway, you have one-upped the other person by not having read it; you know more about it than they do because you know the important thing, that Hemingw…
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on “On Sarcasm”