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Pleased and surprised to see a Chesterton quote here!

• CobrastanJorji 4y ago
  I was thinking about flagging it, but I don't know why they posted it, so I won't.
  • colordrops 4y ago
    Why would you flag it?
    • deleted 4y ago
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    • swid 4y ago
      https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Chesterton%27s_Fence Edit to say - he was making a joke, this will help you understand
      • colordrops 4y ago
        I don't see how that makes it flag-worthy.
        • tomrod 4y ago
          It's a very nuanced form of humor.
          • colordrops 4y ago
            Ugh, not used to humor on HN haha.
            • soulofmischief 4y ago
              Humor isn't disavowed on HN. We're allowed to crack a joke here and there. :)
            • girvo 4y ago
              Not to be too meta, but it's slightly more common these days than it was a decade ago I think. Likely impossible to avoid with the sheer growth of the place. That said, that kind of very smart humour has always been around here
  • swid 4y ago
    Whoever downvoted you didn’t get the joke.
  • samizdis 4y ago
    So you're sitting on the fence ...
  • anotherevan 4y ago
    I see what you did there. https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/ https://fs.blog/chestertons-fence/
  • fsckboy 4y ago
    I stole the quote and tried to pass if off as my own work to a pawn broker I know, but he said he'd already been offered the same quote by another author and since he wasn't sure of the origin of the quote he suggested I put it back till its provenance could be established: wouldn't you know, with my luck I had chosen Chesterton's fence.