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TracingWoodgrains launches a defense of Manifest's controversial reputation, all without betraying a basic understanding of what the word "controversial" means. (forum.effectivealtruism.org)
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...And if it weren't for that one joke by Hannibal, Bill Cosby would be very uncontroversial.

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[-] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Tracingwoodgrains is a reference to one of the sillier plot points in Card's Ender series, right? Not very flattering imo.

[-] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 10 points 5 months ago

oh god is it from that messed up OCD plot line in one of the bad ones -- Xenocide? -- which I'd forgotten about until just now? I guess if someone has an OCD diagnosis you could imagine taking that as a reclamation...

[-] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I'm assuming he does have OCD, but given the context I don't know if I'm very confident about how much ironic distance there is to the name..

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