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I didn't believe the conceit -- that the narrator is your wise uncle. It sounded like advice written by a much younger person pretending to be the wise uncle.
by jonahx 3y ago
I didn't believe the conceit -- that the narrator is your wise uncle. It sounded like advice written by a much younger person pretending to be the wise uncle.
- jahsome 3y agoThe wisest man I know happens to be my uncle. He rarely volunteers advice. Instead, I have to pry it out of him, or learn from his example.
- foobarbecue 3y agoI wonder, are wise men uncles rather than dads because they were too smart to have kids?
- LeonB 3y agoThere’s more child -> uncle …relations than child -> father …relations. Plus, what you said. Might be something in that.
- rchaud 3y agoDefinitely, I got the same vibe reading this as I do with Economist articles where you can tell the unnamed author waxing poetic inefficiencies in state allocation of capital just graduated 2 years ago.