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I miss those times when newspapers were about news. This is something a teenage girl would write for English class.

It's a very touching story, but it feels inappropriate coming from a newspaper.

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Modern Love is a column in the NYTimes that has been running since 2004 (and one I personally enjoy reading).

https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/21/style/the-10-best-modern-...

It has a podcast counterpart too. Here it is, for those who like listening podcasts: http://www.npr.org/podcasts/469516571/modern-love

(I just recently listened to the very first episode of this podcast and I liked it/decided to continue listening.)

Another recommendation for Modern Love here.

I easily silence my emotions in favor of rational thinking and Modern Love has been excellent in showing me a bit of what life is like for those who feel deeply and just the myriad of ways love is felt, expressed and experienced in all is beauty of messiness.

How in god's name could this be anything like a high school essay. Are you made of stone?

There's lots of talented writers doing high school essays - all the best writers that you have read wrote high school essays too.

Newspapers have never strictly published cold hard news, ever. Unless you're talking about ap wire reports or meeting notes from your local town council. Editorials and op-eds have existed since the dawn of newspapers. Not to mention birth announcements, wedding announcements, and of course many people's favorite obituaries.

It's also a poignant reminder to live for what's important... tomorrow isn't promised.

Breaking News: Love, Gratitude, and Hope are More Important Than Anything Else Today

... for every value of "Today".

It's all in the details.

It's from the weekly "Modern Love" column of the Style/Fashion section. It doesn't seem very out of place in that context.

It does not belong on the front page is my contention.

We appreciate your concern for the quality of HN, but you've also made it worse by injecting ill-spirited offtopicness into the thread and then perpetuating a spat. Please don't do those things. If you think a story shouldn't be on HN, flag and move on. If you think it's serious, email us at hn@ycombinator.com to make sure we know about it.

It got to the front page because everyone else clearly disagrees with you.

I'm not sure how you think HN works, but it's not editorialized.

This is entirely appropriate coming from a newspaper. What you missed never existed in the first place; there was never a time when newspapers solely delivered the latest news.

Newspapers once took the space and time cat pictures do now.

So of course it belongs.

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