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0 pointsthrowaway_pdp095y ago0 comments

@mellosouls, @foldr: of course it's taste, let's agree on that. But I reckon my opinion counts, and sure, the author could have done lots of 'better' (= more readable to me) stuff. But when the articles are about wolves, get to the bloody point please; I'm working, my time is limited.

Also sloppy literary self indulgences: "And whether they were there or not, I choose to believe in the wolves"

In other contexts such as actual physical survival, reality matters 100% and ignoring it can get you killed.

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foldr5y ago

>Also sloppy literary self indulgences: "And whether they were there or not, I choose to believe in the wolves"

I'm baffled by this statement. I really think you must be fundamentally failing to grasp the genre of this particular piece of writing. It's not a lonely planet guide.

throwaway_pdp09OP5y ago

OK, let's discuss. My subsequent sentence explained why it mattered; you can't negotiate with reality. qv. covid. You can try but reality always wins.

What is the genre here that gives it a pass? If it's fiction anything goes but this is supposed to be historical investigation. Therefore facts matter. Disagree?

Nasrudith5y ago

Postmodernism is the genre although they would likely be mortally offended by calling it a genre - not only because of their "genre fiction vs literary fiction" snobbery but because postmodernists called themselves a movement.

Although if I recall correctly the sollipism really fell out of favor with the George W. Bush administration and that aspect has been in decline since.

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foldr5y ago

I don't understand why you think that the article is supposed to be a piece of factual journalism or historical investigation. It's a personal narrative. It's not trying to settle the question of whether the wolves exist or not.

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0 pointsthrowaway_pdp095y ago0 comments

Also sloppy literary self indulgences: "And whether they were there or not, I choose to believe in the wolves"

In other contexts such as actual physical survival, reality matters 100% and ignoring it can get you killed.

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foldr5y ago

>Also sloppy literary self indulgences: "And whether they were there or not, I choose to believe in the wolves"

I'm baffled by this statement. I really think you must be fundamentally failing to grasp the genre of this particular piece of writing. It's not a lonely planet guide.

throwaway_pdp09OP5y ago

OK, let's discuss. My subsequent sentence explained why it mattered; you can't negotiate with reality. qv. covid. You can try but reality always wins.

What is the genre here that gives it a pass? If it's fiction anything goes but this is supposed to be historical investigation. Therefore facts matter. Disagree?

Nasrudith5y ago

Although if I recall correctly the sollipism really fell out of favor with the George W. Bush administration and that aspect has been in decline since.

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