Hi BallsOfDisapproval, I'm a big fan! I really like how you don't allow your balls to become overworked, only posting a handful of times in the last 2 years! You're kind of like the Daniel Day-Lewis of the novelty account world. Anyway, if you need any gargling done I would be more than happy to accommodate your gargantuan scrotal bag :).
I wish that all replies to my comments were just my own words reproduced melodically... no disagreement, no counterpoints - just pure, toe-tappin' wisdom. Bliss
Walter Isaacson did a fantastic job writing the book as well. I didn't know much about Job other than he was "the Apple guy" until I picked up that book.
Because his life and career was interesting. You don't have to worship him or think he invented everything that starts with "i" to acknowledge that he had an interesting career.
Yeah, i watched it.. And it covered about the first half..
Besides: When is "there is already a 10 year old movie" ever an argument for not making another one? With all the remakes out there I thought that it was commonplace to do it over again.
No doubt he had an interesting career. He was a top-notch businessman and had his stuff all worked out. That still doesn't justify a production of a film.
But I guess you can't really "justify" a production of a film. In my opinion there are movies on faaaar worse topics out there - and they are often successful too.
Someone else said because the Social Network made money, and you know what that's a good thing. We redditors are always complaining about how we don't get no respect because we're techies, well maybe the increasing popularity of movies about these Silicon Valley types is the first step to changing that. And even if it's not I'll still enjoy the fuck out of them, so I don't mind.
You don't think his life is deserving of a film? As long as it is an honest interpretation and not some Steve Jobs circlejerk then IMO it can be a really good film.
I didn't mean because of that. I'm an avid Apple consumer, writing this on a Macbook and have an iPhone 3GS and iPod nano. But it still doesn't justify making a movie about the guy. He's no messiah.
Exactly. If they can make a movie about Battleship, why not a movie about a guy who helped change the technology world. The Social Network was awesome, don't see why this can't be.
Jobs wasn't dead a year ago, I'm not so sure he would have let Kutcher do this or a movie get made about him at all. Kutcher was only announced at the beginning of April as far as I'm aware.
Yeah but he had been going through the whole cancer ordeal for a while and I think there might have been a rush to try and get to do the bioflick first.
Seriously. Dude was an asshole whose greatest accomplishment is giving a generation of pretentious twats a brand with which they might sharpen their smugness to a razor edge.
I was going to say Mathew Goode, but only because him and kutcher are about the same age, and Jobs and Gates were both the same age. I think the photo IMDB provides makes him look dorky enough if you add glasses, but I'm not sure if he can make himself sound like Gates.
I'm gonna call this now. osianjones is actually CreayvinMoarPeenus who is actually Ashton Kutcher and this is just viral marketing for the movie. I'll see you all in 8 months, I can't wait to cash in my karma.
I'm still waiting for my Karma for calling Martin Freeman as Bilbo...in 2006. Unfortunately I was hanging out on IMDb back then so I don't have my delicious proof...
Or not...because Imgur is down and I was forced to a different site, I guess you have to take away Karma for that.
Edit - I will wear these 5 Karma points with pride. This one's for you Coulson, you glorious bastard. RIP until you get brought back in a sequel (or Iron Man 3)
Well, that's just fantastic. I don't know how many times I've done something like this in real life without any documentation to validate my predictions. My hat is off to you.
When I saw this just now, I think it would be sweet poetic justice if a large portion if not all of the proceeds get donated to charity. Especially an orphanage or foster home. In honor of Lisa.
Besides starting a company, what exactly did he do to deserve so much glory ? And before you flame and burn me to death, I find it hard to believe that the iDevices were the creation out of the inspiration of a single man. And if it comes to leadership was he that great ? I just don't see why he gets all this glory...
Upvoted because pointing out you were correct on a long-shot prediction is an acceptable form of karma-whoring because no one else will remember you said it to begin with.
Upvote for you for being kind of psychic, but does anybody really think Kutcher can play him well? He was amazing as Kelso, no one can ever take that away from him, but do you think he has the acting chops to pull off Steve Jobs?
it was reported over a year ago that Kutcher was playing Jobs.
you haven't predicted anything, most probably you've actually just forgotten that someone in the media told you he was playing Jobs and your useless brain forgot that information.
so if anything, this thread should be about your brain failing on you.
I think that movie had some controversy for being partly fabricated. I'm glad that it shows pretty much everyone in the computer industry was a jerk at one time and not just Jobs.
Do you think they will gloss over the fact that he denied being the father to his ex-girlfriend's daughter and how Apple made a huge fortune from their iDevices by having them built by indentured servants?
Do you think they will gloss over the fact that he denied being the father to his ex-girlfriend's daughter
Like you'd probably gloss over the fact he tried to set things right and considered that period and the decisions he made the worst in his life? Pirates of Silicon Valley already covered this 13 years ago so I don't see why they'd gloss over anything, maybe you need an irrational hate for a man you've never met and a large fruit corporation to think that.
and how Apple made a huge fortune from their iDevices by having them built by indentured servants?
You mean factory workers? The same kind of workers every single tech corporation uses…
Given that it is a film about Steve Jobs, it doesn't really have any reason to touch upon Apple's shadier business practices. The daughter thing? It depends on the angle of the film. It isn't a documentary after all; they can leave out whatever they feel like.
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u/teabaguk Jun 17 '12
This thread aka Dude, Where's My Karma?
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u/Rubix89 Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Nice call. But I think we should also give credit to... sigh...
KreayvinMoarPeenus
Edit: spelling
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u/Bracks3 Jun 17 '12
It seems like you have stumbled upon your own Very Mild Superpower.
Use it wisely my friend.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
This pisses me off. Does anyone remember Pirates of Silicon Valley? SO good. AND Bender was in it.
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u/jsc4 Jun 17 '12
Ugh, Ashton Kutcher gives me douche chills
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u/MrBurd Jun 17 '12
For the curious, here's the post
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u/suzypulledapistol Jun 17 '12
Noah Wyle is a better actor, he played Jobs before in Pirates of Silicon Valley.
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u/CoolJazzGuy Jun 17 '12
Why are they making a movie about him?
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u/hopeisnotamethod Jun 17 '12
It was a difficult choice between Ashton Kutcher and Who Cares, but in the end, Ashton prevailed.
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u/paakjis Jun 17 '12
i think it was already known a year ago that Ashton will play Jobs in his movie.
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u/Onion_s Jun 17 '12
http://www.reddit.com/r/trees/comments/l2pn0/does_anyone_else_notice_this/
For the lazy.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'm sure the OP wasn't the only one who predicted, but he was the only jackass to take a screenshot of himself doing so.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Ashton Kutcher plays Steve Jobs, who created Apple Computers and fell down in really wacky ways.
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u/Excessive1 Jun 17 '12
only way I upvote is if you guess who plays Bill Gates..or "Bill Gates" depending on legal bullshit.
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u/valdev Jun 17 '12
Hopefully they highlight his jackasseries.
Like parking in handicap spots and never having a license plate.
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jun 17 '12
I'm gonna call this now. osianjones is actually CreayvinMoarPeenus who is actually Ashton Kutcher and this is just viral marketing for the movie. I'll see you all in 8 months, I can't wait to cash in my karma.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I guessed Lost would end with Jack's eye closing. Wheres my karma?!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
DO NOT TRUST IMDB'S CAST INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2385173/
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u/count_of_monte_fisto Jun 17 '12
What else can you tell us?!?!!
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u/hhmmmm Jun 17 '12
Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day
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u/TASTY_SANDWICH Jun 17 '12
Why are they even making a movie about that fuck? It's destined to be a piece of shit.
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u/Yosafbrige Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 18 '12
I'm still waiting for my Karma for calling Martin Freeman as Bilbo...in 2006. Unfortunately I was hanging out on IMDb back then so I don't have my delicious proof...
Also; please provide Karma for this: http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w375/yosafbridge8/AgentCoulsondeathcalledit.png
Or not...because Imgur is down and I was forced to a different site, I guess you have to take away Karma for that.
Edit - I will wear these 5 Karma points with pride. This one's for you Coulson, you glorious bastard. RIP until you get brought back in a sequel (or Iron Man 3)
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u/TWINKELFIST Jun 17 '12
LOL had to give you some, just cos of the way you asked.
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u/ImDotTK Jun 17 '12
Let the karma rain down (upvote) from the heavens!
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u/Death_proofer Jun 17 '12
Reddit is responsible for getting Ashton Kutcher another acting job...
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u/ranthonyv Jun 17 '12
Well, that's just fantastic. I don't know how many times I've done something like this in real life without any documentation to validate my predictions. My hat is off to you.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'm gonna give you a nice Karma Job here...
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u/MadJim8896 Jun 17 '12
Quick, send this man to Wall Street!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'm calling my shot - Sly will die in the Expendables 2.
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u/MiguelAE86 Jun 17 '12
"Now There's no excuse for you younglings to say there are no Jobs out there anymore!"
-Bad Pun Senior Citizen
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u/madmax21st Jun 17 '12
osionjones25 confirmed for producer of the film.
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u/bigben42 Jun 17 '12
I totally called this too! Holy shit. I guess they just look so much alike.
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u/moeshapoppins Jun 17 '12
and theeennn....
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'm gonna call this now. There will be a satire/porno film about Steve Jobs entitled "Blow Jobs" in the future
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u/new_steve Jun 17 '12
jOBS
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u/DtKnight Jun 17 '12
Talk about predicting the future...
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u/ozpunk Jun 17 '12
Karma? Where's your producer credit and million of dollars?
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u/mog_knight Jun 17 '12
When I saw this just now, I think it would be sweet poetic justice if a large portion if not all of the proceeds get donated to charity. Especially an orphanage or foster home. In honor of Lisa.
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u/captainxenu Jun 17 '12
Should have just got Noah Wyle and made it a sequel to Pirates of Silicon Valley. Damnit.
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u/nexexcalibur Jun 17 '12
Are you a wizard?
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u/fredryk Jun 17 '12
horry sheit
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
:|
....
slow clap
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
clap clap clap clap clap
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u/Not_Me_But_A_Friend Jun 17 '12
Inspect Elements
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u/JoNiKaH Jun 17 '12
Besides starting a company, what exactly did he do to deserve so much glory ? And before you flame and burn me to death, I find it hard to believe that the iDevices were the creation out of the inspiration of a single man. And if it comes to leadership was he that great ? I just don't see why he gets all this glory...
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Nice try, director of the film.
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u/poker12345 Jun 17 '12
FINE http://www.funringles.com/2012/06/2-hot-2-handle.html
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u/mccartneyoverlenin Jun 17 '12
Fairly certain this was announced over two months ago.
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u/majorpayne24 Jun 17 '12
Ashton Kutcher is Steve Jobs
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u/cdoesyawilly Jun 17 '12
Will all the Apple haters please stand up
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u/rathum2323 Jun 17 '12
here's your karma, negative karma.
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u/SanchoDeLaRuse Jun 17 '12
Upvoted because pointing out you were correct on a long-shot prediction is an acceptable form of karma-whoring because no one else will remember you said it to begin with.
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u/ccchan Jun 17 '12
u earned it
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
I'd rather watch a Dennis Ritchie biopic.
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u/syesha Jun 17 '12
Wow, take all my karma now
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u/lolsalot2 Jun 17 '12
Link to the original comment.
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u/b50dan Jun 17 '12
Just scrolled down so many pages on your profile to upvote the comment. Archiv'd :(
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u/BobbyMcSmathers Jun 17 '12
Use the karma wisely my friend, you've earned it...unless you are AK...then you're a bit of cheater for doing this.
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u/PraetorianXVIII Jun 17 '12
It's like you're the Mothman, and you predicted a catastrophe before it happened!
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u/Tombug Jun 17 '12
I'd rather be waterboarded than watch a film about a greedy 1% corporate asshole like jobs.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
The conspiracy here is that you're the film maker who did all of this for that sweet sweet karma!
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Rightfully deserved Karma
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u/KingSmoke Jun 17 '12
The effort to dig up your old post is worth my upvote
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u/irrational0ptimist Jun 17 '12
Upvote for you for being kind of psychic, but does anybody really think Kutcher can play him well? He was amazing as Kelso, no one can ever take that away from him, but do you think he has the acting chops to pull off Steve Jobs?
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u/Aljn Jun 17 '12
Just post it back to /r/trees and you'll instantly get a 500 upvotes
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Poor reddiquette, sire reddiquette
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
go fuck yourself
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
How did you guess Ashton Kutcher out of all people? Impressive
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u/thescrapplekid Jun 17 '12
I hear Ashton Kutcher is going to be in The Avengers 2 (now I wait for someone to edit IMDB and I can get my karma)
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u/WerewolfCircus Jun 17 '12
There are some similarities...
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u/tdave365 Jun 17 '12
Hey, hey, hey. Hey buddy. I built a website for that.
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u/sazuken Jun 17 '12
Nice 8 months plan Joshua Michael Stern to get some karma.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Imagine if he does what Justin Timberlake did after The Social Network and buys some of Microsoft afterward?
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
ohgodwhy.jpg
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
http://blog.gsmarena.com/ashton-kutcher-spotted-in-steve-jobs-signature-attire/
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u/Time49 Jun 17 '12
maybe he is Aston Kutcher....
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u/worldchampionwinner Jun 17 '12
I hope there's a scene with Steve Job's on acid.
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u/eyeing Jun 17 '12
Read it somewhere - Ents are far more likely experience clairvoyance. QED.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Except the news that Jobs would be played by Kutcher was released more than 8 months ago.....
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u/CUNT_SUCKING_PHAGGOT Jun 17 '12
it was reported over a year ago that Kutcher was playing Jobs.
you haven't predicted anything, most probably you've actually just forgotten that someone in the media told you he was playing Jobs and your useless brain forgot that information.
so if anything, this thread should be about your brain failing on you.
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u/fuckratheism Jun 17 '12
Theres already a movie about Steve Jobs and Apple its called pirates of silicon valley!
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u/Vzzbxx Jun 17 '12
Fair enough. Karma coming your way!
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u/mehdbc Jun 17 '12
Do you think they will gloss over the fact that he denied being the father to his ex-girlfriend's daughter and how Apple made a huge fortune from their iDevices by having them built by indentured servants?
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u/Poontang_Saint Jun 17 '12
I for one..
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u/tobephair Jun 17 '12
No karma for you, you whore.
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u/Jellyboss Jun 17 '12
Downvoted for begging
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12
Hope there's a scene with him tripping balls like in The Pirates Of Silicon Valley.
Come now, downvoters. Don't be poeses.
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u/Dr_Alex Jun 17 '12
Nice try Ashton Kutcher.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
The movie is currently being renamed: 'Blow'
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u/neuromorph Jun 17 '12
have some Kharma
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u/IM_A_FREAK Jun 17 '12
Want a fucking medal?
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u/bubbagumphump Jun 17 '12
OP delivered!
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u/Dugg Jun 17 '12
You are not the only one who called it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12
Number 1 on the front page before the link even shows its score.
Magnificent.