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stack_framer ◴[] No.45024727[source]
How ironic that Daring Fireball, with its eternally drab background color and microscopic font size, is endeavoring to criticize Apple's icons.

No doubt Apple's icons have worsened, but Daring Fireball is throwing rocks from its exceedingly brittle glass house.

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1. fnordsensei ◴[] No.45025561[source]
Sorry, but what does one have to do with the other?

Are you one of those people who think you can’t criticize a movie unless you’re a director yourself?

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2. stack_framer ◴[] No.45034254[source]
> Sorry, but what does one have to do with the other?

Let me spell it out for you:

Daring Fireball has a really ugly website. On that really ugly website, they are criticizing Apple's ugly icons. This is ironic.

> Are you one of those people who think you can’t criticize a movie unless you’re a director yourself?

No.

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3. fnordsensei ◴[] No.45044575[source]
Alright, then my analogy holds.

He can’t criticize Apple unless he first makes a really pretty website.

You can’t criticize the movie unless you first direct a better one.