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		setpatchaddress on Aug 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How two bored 1970s housewives helped create the P... You don't understand the purpose and value of headlines. "An engineer husband" is not essential to hook readers into the story. His contribution wasn't ignored in the actual article.

JasonFruit on Aug 20, 2021 [–]

They understand the value to the reader, just not the value to the marketer. It's a pity the two interests aren't better aligned in this case.

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