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>Don't sweat it, when you write your world changing, genre defining masterwork, you can make it as deep and morally ambiguous as you please. I hate this critic
by na85 10y ago
>Don't sweat it, when you write your world changing, genre defining masterwork, you can make it as deep and morally ambiguous as you please.
I hate this criticism. The idea that unless you are an author of similar calibre, you are not fit to critique is a dangerous one.
I haven't written an operating system, but I can still tell you that Windows 10 has numerous flaws. Should I STFU until I write my own?
- macintux 10y ago> I haven't written an operating system, but I can still tell you that Windows 10 has numerous flaws. Should I STFU until I write my own? If you started your critique of Windows 10 by calling Microsoft "Most overrated software shop of all time" and then proceeded with a few subjective, shallow criticisms with no detail, you might indeed be told that. And I'd wager Microsoft has nowhere near the adoration that Tolkien has among HN readers.
- yolesaber 10y ago>few subjective, shallow criticisms What criticism isn't subjective? I'd vouch that Tolkien is massively overrated as a writer. Perhaps not of all time, but up there along with Stephen King. I like Lord of the Rings just fine but it's not even close to my favorite work of written fantasy. His worlds are huge and beautiful, yes, especially his invented languages. But as works of readable fiction, they just fall so flat. My favorite part of the books are the indices because that's Tolkien's wheelhouse.
- philh 10y ago> If you started your critique of Windows 10 by calling Microsoft "Most overrated software shop of all time" and then proceeded with a few subjective, shallow criticisms with no detail, you might indeed be told that. How about saying "those are subjective, shallow criticisms with no detail" instead of "STFU and write your own operating system"? One of these criticisms actually has some bearing on the criticism it's criticizing. One does not.