To be honest I hardly find HONY anywhere near "inspiring" or "warm". IMO 80% of the stories are sad or filled with confusion and pessimism. The people he meets is one thing, but the tone of the story is set by the writer himself. I feel he is somehow intentionally making them melodramatic and sad. This I really dislike.
And there exist so many "love of the life" stories which on the first sight might seem sad but upon further inspection feel totally dubious. I always think the so-called "love of your life" stuff is just an invented escapism. When some people meet difficulties in their lives they immediately imagine something "perfect but out of reach" as a consolation of sorts. If they really got together with their so-called "love of life" then probably their lives will turn out to be as problematic. Not to mention how much both would have changed and out of sync when they meet each other again. This is totally irrational thinking. Better dispose of it.
I love HoNY, but it's been around for ages — the Facebook page has almost 2 million likes. I'm curious why it's hitting HN now.
That's not an angry "BOO! REPOST!" complaint, I'm actually curious. All of my friends have been familiar with it for years, but maybe it's just a New York thing?
It was interesting for a few seconds, but then my eyes skipped to the bottom of the page.
Is the "Pinterest layout" being copied because there is something inherently good about it? It does not seem good to me. My eyes don't fix on anything. Nothing lines up.
I like it in this context. It's scattershot, it doesn't imply any rank of importance, nor any order you should be looking in.
They're just people in a crowd, you don't have to read their stories in order. You don't have to read all of them. Just look at whatever your eyes are drawn to and read those.
Oddly enough, I feel like the Pinterest/masonry layout is perfect for something like this.
Is there an "about" page? It's awesome, but I couldn't work out if this was crowd-sourced, one person's art project, or something else. <edit> I'm an idiot. It's right there in front of me... never mind!
To be honest I hardly find HONY anywhere near "inspiring" or "warm". IMO 80% of the stories are sad or filled with confusion and pessimism. The people he meets is one thing, but the tone of the story is set by the writer himself. I feel he is somehow intentionally making them melodramatic and sad. This I really dislike.
