Yeah that’s very true, but I still think it’s pretty funny and original.

> > the result ends up being very formulaic.

> Yeah that’s very true, but I still think it’s pretty funny and original.

Either it’s formulaic or it’s original, it can’t be both.

	▲	teekert 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		According to an original formula hehe

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glenstein 18 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The problem is not that it fails to be cheeky, but that "its funny" is depressing in a context where there was a live question of whether it's a sincere attempt at prediction.

When I see "yeah but it's funny" it feels like a retrofitted repair job, patching up a first pass mental impression that accepted it at face value and wants to preserve a kind of sense of psychological endorsement of the creative product.

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jacobr1 17 hours ago | parent [-]

Honestly it feels like what I, or many of my colleagues would do if given the assignment. Take the current front page, or a summary of the top tropes or recurring topics, revise them for 1 or 2 steps of technical progress and call it a day. It isn't assignment to predict the future, it is an assignment to predict HN, which is a narrower thing.

	▲	glenstein 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Right, because you would read the teacher and realize they don't want you to actually complete the assignment to the letter. So you would do jokes in response to a request for prediction.