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>It’s just a title to a web page meant to be interesting

It's called clickbait and it's widely acknowledge to be a dishonest method of promotion.




Come now. Clickbait would be “You will never believe what the Buddha did when…”

This is just a title. “Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” turned out to just be a book about a rather boring Englishman and his friend, not actually a pan galactic travel guide. Titles are allowed to be compelling as long as they aren’t outright BS. No one really thinks there’s a Buddhist university with degrees and graduation ceremonies and the promise of enlightenment with every degree. When I clicked on it I expected to see pretty much what I got.


> Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy” turned out to just be a book about a rather boring Englishman and his friend, not actually a pan galactic travel guide.

It is about the travelling guide. The Englishman is there just to vitalize the story. /s




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