this post was submitted on 06 May 2024
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[–] [email protected] 60 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Unpopular opinion, but the extra "iss" is unnecessary for reading the word, and with this being a newspaper article they have limited headline space.

Clearly this is just efficient debloating of the article title.

[–] prettybunnys 33 points 6 months ago

tl;dr bot out here taking jobs from journalists

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 months ago

Also, it’s great for grabbing people’s attention. Exactly the purpose of a headline.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Think of all the ink they're saving! The ink is how they usually get you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

HP has been running this scam since Gutenberg.