Shared Misconception Relief

Commenters express relief and validation upon discovering that others shared their confusion or incorrect assumption about a specific detail or fact from the article.

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thought wasn wasn sure didn read missing glad thanks assumed genuinely missed

Sample Comments

thirdsun Dec 3, 2015 View on HN

Yes, I thought I was missing something.

drdeadringer Sep 18, 2016 View on HN

I thought I was missing something. I'm glad it wasn't me.

relyks Mar 29, 2022 View on HN

Interesting, I assumed it'd be the case, but I didn't know that for sure

MattJ100 Jul 6, 2011 View on HN

Glad you mentioned it, I was beginning to think it was just me.

rascul Sep 7, 2023 View on HN

Oops. I had it in my head that it was.

CameronNemo May 7, 2020 View on HN

Must have been a blip on my end then.

thr0waway001 Jan 5, 2025 View on HN

Ok, I guess I had guessed correctly. Though I was curious if I had missed something.

cyrrus Oct 10, 2020 View on HN

I’m glad it wasn’t just me thinking that

g-b-r Jan 22, 2024 View on HN

I was about to say this, I'm not 100% sure but I think I did see that as well

johnisgood Mar 4, 2019 View on HN

Oh, for some reason I was in the thought that it is. Sorry!