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Is this article a total rip off of a reddit thread from yesterday?

EDIT: I'm an idiot. The author mentions this fact. I should really read the full article.

It is a response to it, which I, the author, call out in the 7th paragraph.

It's not as much of a 'rip off' as a commentary on it. It specifically mentions the AskReddit thread in the article.