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Bad Idea Criticism

Comments overwhelmingly reject a proposed idea, decision, or action as bad, terrible, irresponsible, or poor, with core comments repeating near-identical phrases of disapproval.

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Keywords

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Sample Comments

rsynnott • Apr 23, 2025 • View on HN

Well, this seems like an extremely bad idea.

RandomBacon • Jan 24, 2025 • View on HN

That seems like a very bad idea.

datavirtue • Mar 11, 2025 • View on HN

This sounds like a really bad idea.

boruto • Mar 27, 2021 • View on HN

That sounds like a really bad idea.

borplk • Oct 25, 2015 • View on HN

Sounds like a bad idea to be honest.

t1c • Jun 6, 2024 • View on HN

This is a bad idea. Sorry to be blunt.

brian_herman • Jul 25, 2017 • View on HN

This seems like a really bad idea.

pg • Apr 6, 2007 • View on HN

This seems like a really bad idea.

the_gipsy • Mar 30, 2023 • View on HN

That's... not a good idea.

crooked-v • Feb 11, 2019 • View on HN

This seems like a terrible idea.