Yep, that's something I kind of flagged as a big "oof" as well after reading Reamde and noticing the repeat use in other books :/ I still enjoy his writing, an

Yep, that's something I kind of flagged as a big "oof" as well after reading Reamde and noticing the repeat use in other books :/ I still enjoy his writing, and generally think he isn't a bad writer, but also...