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mirawelnerlast Saturday at 7:36 AM2 repliesview on HN

I like metaphors. I respect a good “run with a metaphor” post. But I feel like if you have to explain the metaphor this much during the post it’s not worth it


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onraglanroadlast Saturday at 4:14 PM

True. This particular lily was less gilded than battered and deep fried.

stevedonovanlast Saturday at 8:42 AM

"This post could have been a tweet", and so on.

It's a lovely metaphor for the soulful business of doing something really well, even if there is no 'market' for that kind of quality

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