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At risk of sounding cynical, I would find an entry titled "The Medium Blog Entry" even more compelling.

It is a platform made for entries to be authored quickly and cheaply. The droll full-page lead image sets it apart, the color palette muted and neutral, simultaneously making it exactly like every other Medium blog entry you've seen lately. Many intermix videos and viral media to tether off of other's fame.

The air of grandeur of the platform allowing people to post with pomposity while simultaneously sharecropping. To post judgmental observations by carefully cherry picking the evidence.

Medium. You and your predictable blogs.

As an aside, it's curious that this entry talks about "suburbs" a number of times. Most condo and apartment rooms have the same 8' ceilings, the same muted palette, and virtually identical construction. But...you know...suburbs and temporary workers, or something.

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You should definitely write a blog post about your observation with a full-page lead image consisting of a bunch of full-page lead images.

And link to it from a social network with a narrow band of interests so they can comment snarkily.

I also think if you're going to publish a video, one might think about the background and might choose a room which is not cluttered and won't distract from what the subject wants to present. I mean, if I had a few rooms to choose from, I'd choose the least cluttered or decorated one to use as background.

But, might be a good idea to sample rooms from videos/clips produced in rooms in other countries, maybe there is something to it?

Also, as a counterpoint, I recall when living in the suburbs as a teenager, friends' rooms bedecked with posters, pinup pictures, clothes strewn, music instruments about, etc. Their basements might have been different, those tended to be bare with exposed support beams, studs, unfinished (without a finish) concrete floors, etc.

Minor (major?) nit: I'd like to see a post about "The top HN reply to any submission that makes any sort of statement." In it, the author could show a number of top replies, each trivializing the original submission. "Look, I did this three weeks ago in my handmade Javascript interpreter [0], written in my own implementation of Go [1], compiled with a compiler written in assembly [10], by me."

HN. You and your predictable comments.

It's almost as if there are patterns to human behaviour no matter the medium (hah!) we use.

> Most condo and apartment rooms have the same 8' ceilings, the same muted palette, and virtually identical construction.

condos and apartment complexes built in the last 40 years all look pretty much alike, yes. older ones are more likely to be beautiful / "unique".

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