Misidentification Corrections

Comments correct misconceptions about identities of people or things referenced in an article, often noting 'not the one you think,' lack of mentions, or wrong associations.

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Keywords

IT DID NOT XD AVID FYI HAPPEN mentioned mention lord sorry list wasn decoder jon legislators ryan

Sample Comments

hueving Oct 22, 2018 View on HN

A person wasn't even mentioned ...

dkersten Apr 4, 2014 View on HN

Yes, but not because of this guy.

alxthm Feb 13, 2022 View on HN

Sorry, not associated with them!

readams Feb 4, 2021 View on HN

Some people talked about it, but IT DID NOT HAPPEN.

Archonical Oct 15, 2025 View on HN

No one said it was on that list.

jackowayed Jan 2, 2009 View on HN

Oh, didn't bother checking who that one was about.

deknos Dec 8, 2021 View on HN

uff did not see that, thats a pity :(

spondyl Jan 14, 2021 View on HN

I guess Drew never got the memo

random_comment Mar 29, 2017 View on HN

He didn't actually mention the Dutch ;-)

exitcode__0 Apr 26, 2018 View on HN

Doesn't even mention Ada...