[HN Gopher] A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)
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       A Modest Apology for the Man in the Bottle (1749)
        
       Author : benbreen
       Score  : 39 points
       Date   : 2021-10-08 20:06 UTC (1 days ago)
        
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       | pitched wrote:
       | So many people waiting around patiently for an hour before
       | starting to complain is crazy. People would definitely still fall
       | for the prank today but that feels so tame for what a huge
       | reaction there was.
        
       | jamal-kumar wrote:
       | This is ultra funny...
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       | And I think it's worth noting the gullible credulity of people
       | isn't a hell of a lot better these days.
        
       | barefeg wrote:
       | I didn't understand a word
        
         | Stratoscope wrote:
         | Read it out loud (or verbally in your mind) and when a word
         | doefn't make fence, try pronouncing the f's like s's.
        
       | Igelau wrote:
       | Some of those long-s ligatures are wild.
        
       | tahoupt wrote:
       | Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bottle_Conjuror
        
       | dhosek wrote:
       | It reminds me of the Royal Cameleopard from Huck Finn.
        
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