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0 pointspavs16y ago0 comments

Are you implying your audience are a bunch of idiots?

Seriously, that's not even a hyperbole. That's a really stupid statement, even for a hyperbole.

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rinich16y ago· 2 in thread

I'll explain again. The point of hyperbole is to deliberately exaggerate something for effect, in this case humorous. I could have tried to estimate how much Apple will sell, but I don't care about estimation. My point is they will sell a lot.

My audience is not a bunch of idiots. They got it. You're the only one out of thousands of readers who's complained.

kyro16y ago

Not to make an issue out of something so trivial, but honestly, it didn't come across as hyperbole. The general tone of the article is pretty direct and in-your-face, so it looks more like an actual attempt at estimation rather than humor, for consistency's sake.

rinich16y ago

Direct and in-your-face, perhaps, but this is also an article that says the iPad is magic, and we all know it's not literally magic. I refuse to believe we're that incapable of discerning not-so-subtleties.

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