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		xdennis on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why do we call it “boilerplate code?” I don't agree that it's a hyperbole. A hyperbole is something ridiculous like "I'm so hungry I could eat 1000 pizzas" which is physically impossible. Twitter _is_ on shaky ground. Maybe it will recover and soar, but it's not an exaggeration that it could spiral down.

froggertoaster on Nov 22, 2022 [–]

Okay. Glad your data backed analysis with the data you've shared (outside of your observations of mentally unstable individuals of course) has yielded that "Twitter _is_ on shaky ground".

Oh you haven't shared any data? Oh yeah. Okay.

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