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		bashinator on Nov 12, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Silicon Valley Tries to Alter the Perception of Ca... I know that HN often doesn't care for wordplay, but the inverse of this headline is both funny and true - "Cannabis tries to Alter the Perception of Silicon Valley".

askafriend on Nov 12, 2015 | [–]

The author really screwed up by not going with this title.

johan_larson on Nov 12, 2015 | [–]

Anyone who thinks a plant has agency, and can "try" anything, has been smoking something.

bashinator on Nov 13, 2015 | [–]

Oh come on, it's used to indicate intention of non-sentient objects all the time. "The electron tries to fall into the lowest energy state."

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