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Agree completely on the writing style. Even were the subject interesting - world-building in fiction generally is to me - the intensely hostile tone puts me off
by endominus 4y ago
Agree completely on the writing style. Even were the subject interesting - world-building in fiction generally is to me - the intensely hostile tone puts me off almost immediately. To be honest, I couldn't read past the first quarter without just rolling my eyes and closing the tab. It's an affectation that I feel has become more popular of late; this eye-rolling, obnoxious, "ha ha don't you hate reading this? Isn't this whole article just infuriating? Why don't you share it with your friends so they can get equally outraged?" kind of article. Perhaps it does work as a way to game engagement metrics, but it makes a lot of commentary stupider and more unpleasant than it needs to be.
- sixQuarks 4y agoInteresting, I found the tone to be tongue in cheek and sarcastic. I liked it.
- endominus 4y agoOh, I understand that it's not seriously hateful. I just don't find sarcastic or ironic hostility any more palatable than genuine hostility. Referring to the reader as a loser pedant for raising reasonable objections to obviously ridiculous claims is either insulting or time-wasting, to my eyes. If you like this style of writing, then so be it.
- tablespoon 4y agoIMHO, this is clickbait to troll up an audience for the author's new substack.