Comment by pyre | Hacker News Reader

Comment by pyre | Hacker News Reader

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Why the down-modding? His comment isn't even relevant.

> Not only is this chick completely irresponsible, but this "trip" is a joke.

The 'chick' that spent her last bit of money on plane ticket was someone that the two creators of that site met on a plane trip, not someone who is embarking on this journey. If you're referring to the two creators of that site, then how is this 'experiment' (though I use the term loosely) irresponsible?

> He's going to be living in an airport for a month, all for what? No one cares about people who live in airports, nor do they care about the fascinating lives of airplane passengers.

The popularity of the movie 'The Terminal' (and somewhat similarly 'Catch Me If You Can' -- strangely enough also starring Tom Hanks) indicates otherwise.

> social networking media web 2.0 garbage

What does this site have to do with social networking? They are planning on doing something, then blogging about it, and possibly being popular enough to earn some advertising revenue. The cherry on top would be endorsement money from JetBlue. I fail to see how that is 'social networking' anymore than the rest of the web.

That comment added nothing to the discussion, other than a poorly formed 'get off my lawn' opinion. If all it takes to gain popularity on HN is copping a curmudgeonly attitude, then we're starting to go downhill in my opinion.

Breaking down my 300-character comment about something that shouldn't even be on HN? I'm bored, but I'll keep it tweetably succinct.

Alaska managed large sums of money, but could not manage her own. Irresponsible.

You're right, movies are often good indicators of how interesting real life is.

Social networking was just a hyperbolic adjective in my (critical) remarks about modern marketing.

So that this comment isn't entirely useless, here are my two points for you:

1. This shouldn't be on HN because this is neither interesting nor hacker-related. 2. Reading comprehension.

> Alaska managed large sums of money, but could not manage her own. Irresponsible.

I don't see anything on that site mentioning that the woman in the story is Alaska Miller. Seems more like an example of the type of 'interesting people' they want to meet during this adventure.

> You're right, movies are often good indicators of how interesting real life is.

Fact is often stranger than fiction.

> 1. This shouldn't be on HN because this is neither interesting nor hacker-related.

The marketing angle seems related to startups. At least more so than conspiracy theories about Russian ship and missiles to Iran.

You're right, I incorrectly referred to Alaska as the person they met (probably because the site switches from first person to third person so quickly, but also because of MY lack of comprehension on the second read-through). The conclusion remains the same, though--some people seem to view her story as fascinating despite its bone-headedness.

Also, in re-reading my comment, apologies if that first sentence came off brash...

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