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I edited quickly since I misspoke. To be specific - they edited things like “But Augustus was deaf to everything except the call of his enormous stomach” to “B
by faeriechangling 4y ago
I edited quickly since I misspoke.
To be specific - they edited things like “But Augustus was deaf to everything except the call of his enormous stomach” to “But Augustus was ignoring everything”. It's not just the description of Augustus they toned down, they even literally removed lines from the book which explains he was motivated by hunger.
- Dalewyn 4y agoChanging "deaf to everything" to "ignoring everything" is an affront to English education. A significant portion of my learning English came from reading books, and now that literature is being dumbed down, simplified, and sterilized, for no reason other than going woke. Education for today's kids and the coming generations are going to be an even bigger shitshow than anything any of us ever saw in our times.
- sensanaty 4y agoWow, that reworked sentence doesn't even carry a hint of the original meaning, it basically rewrites the character entirely...