Wow, that was quite a lot of cryptic build-up. It’s basically a story about conman/drug guy interwoven with biographical information and anecdotes about how this impacted his family.

“You can run,” I guess maybe in the context of “You can run but you can’t hide” is not really touched upon too much. I mean it doesn’t have a particular connection to this story, any more than any other story about a fugitive.

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chongli an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Damn, I thought this was going to be a guide to getting into running for exercise. Yes, I know there are lots of those around, but if this one made the front page of HN then maybe it had something interesting about it, or it was particularly well written or something.

	▲	bee_rider 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Or something about politics. Or schedulers.

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muglug 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Yeah — but includes a fun cameo from a famous 90s TV dad.

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jmye 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Have you ever like, read books? Why on earth would you think the title of a piece needs to call to anything but a general emotion from the story?

> Wow, that was quite a lot of cryptic build-up.

Yes, they were building suspense and telling an interesting story. It's a long form article, not a 30-word tweet. Jesus.

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bee_rider 33 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

It might be a nice truecrime story (I’m not sure actually, they aren’t my cup of tea). I read along figuring it’d have some HN-related twist eventually, but it didn’t. So I thought I’d provide a heads up.

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JRandomHacker42 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I've seen this attitude on HN all the time - the concept of "a narrative hook" is apparently a foreign concept here

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simulator5g 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Clickbaiters abused the concept of a hook until the hook itself was seen as clickbaity.

	▲	natpalmer1776 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Damn near a whole generation estranged from basic literary convention due to its horrendous abuse.

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nilslindemann 16 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

"Narrative hook" is more often than not a sign of a weak writer. The story could also have started with: "Before they learned that their father was a drug dealer, the following happened:"

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kayo_20211030 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yup. A big yawn. It seems like it ought to deep and insightful, but is, as you say, "basically a story about conman/drug guy interwoven with biographical information and anecdotes about how this impacted his family". There's no connection between the two parts that goes deeper that "they knew each other once, but did they really know each other?". It'd be Hallmark, but the parents aren't sympathetic enough.