slopjockey@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-211 months agoTracingWoodgrains launches a defense of Manifest's controversial reputation, all without betraying a basic understanding of what the word "controversial" means.forum.effectivealtruism.orgexternal-linkmessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up132arrow-down1external-linkTracingWoodgrains launches a defense of Manifest's controversial reputation, all without betraying a basic understanding of what the word "controversial" means.forum.effectivealtruism.orgslopjockey@awful.systems to SneerClub@awful.systemsEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square52linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAmoeba_Girl@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-211 months agoTracingwoodgrains is a reference to one of the sillier plot points in Card’s Ender series, right? Not very flattering imo.
minus-squaredeborah@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agooh 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…
minus-squareAmoeba_Girl@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-211 months agoI’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…
Tracingwoodgrains is a reference to one of the sillier plot points in Card’s Ender series, right? Not very flattering imo.
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…
yup.
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…