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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
Top comments
One of my best friends in college was in the same position as the guy at the start of this comic: he was paying for his own college so he had to work for a year (restaurant jobs) to pay for each semester of college. When I met him I was sitting in a diner bummed that I hadn't met any futurists at the college I just started, and I was amazed to suddenly find myself having a deep conversation…
I'm simultaneously amazed by how good this is, and by my uncertainty as to whether I've read it before. I guess I'd better get used to that feeling as I age - but on the other hand, I can look forward to watching all those great movies again for the first time.* * some comedian must have already made this observation, but I can't remember.
This is a great comic. I just wish he had preserved the old format which was deep-linkable instead of switching to a "pretty" javascript interface.
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 423
- Total comments
- 229
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-08-04 | The Guy I Almost Was (1998)First breakout | juliankrause | 105 | 25 |
| 2014-03-30 | The Guy I Almost Was | niels | 6 | 1 |
| 2015-10-29 | The guy I almost was (1998) [techno-futurism expose comic] | coldtea | 4 | 0 |
| 2017-05-17 | The Guy I Almost Was – Graphic Novel by Patrick Sean Farley | msh | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-07-18 | The Guy I Almost Was | smacktoward | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-12-27 | The Guy I Almost Was (1998)Hall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | wallflower | 305 | 203 |