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I read the first paragraph, then skipped to the comments and realized it's fiction but I'm not sure I would have known otherwise. What gives it away to you tha

I read the first paragraph, then skipped to the comments and realized it's fiction but I'm not sure I would have known otherwise. What gives it away to you that it's a work of fiction?

sltkr 3y ago
It's a combination of things that screams fiction: 1. Most stories about lesbians that aren't attributed to a definitely female author are written by males. 2. It seems unlikely someone so pedantic to keep full records of their partners would be careless enough to leave the file open for someone to find. 3. Keeping spreadsheets of data about your partners is not very usual to begin with (though not unheard of), but it's hard to imagine anyone would be so meticulous to rate a partner by now fewer than a hundred criteria. I don't think I could even formulate a 100 criteria worth caring about, let alone gather enough data about a person to assign concrete ratings in just a few months of dating.
- flkenosad 3y ago
  > 1. Most stories about lesbians that aren't attributed to a definitely female author are written by males. You'd have to be well versed in lesbian literature to know this. > 2. It seems unlikely someone so pedantic to keep full records of their partners would be careless enough to leave the file open for someone to find. For sure but this is well into the story. > 3. Keeping spreadsheets of data about your partners is not very usual to begin with (though not unheard of), but it's hard to imagine anyone would be so meticulous to rate a partner by now fewer than a hundred criteria. I don't think I could even formulate a 100 criteria worth caring about, let alone gather enough data about a person to assign concrete ratings in just a few months of dating. The problem is HN is THE place for "not very usual (though not unheard of)" so there is a genuine disconnect going on. You can see the evidence in the comments here.
lazyasciiart 3y ago
It‘s narrated in the first person from the perspective of a woman, written by a dude.

I read the first paragraph, then skipped to the comments and realized it's fiction but I'm not sure I would have known otherwise. What gives it away to you that it's a work of fiction?

sltkr 3y ago

It's a combination of things that screams fiction: 1. Most stories about lesbians that aren't attributed to a definitely female author are written by males. 2. It seems unlikely someone so pedantic to keep full records of their partners would be careless enough to leave the file open for someone to find. 3. Keeping spreadsheets of data about your partners is not very usual to begin with (though not unheard of), but it's hard to imagine anyone would be so meticulous to rate a partner by now fewer than a hundred criteria. I don't think I could even formulate a 100 criteria worth caring about, let alone gather enough data about a person to assign concrete ratings in just a few months of dating.

flkenosad 3y ago
> 1. Most stories about lesbians that aren't attributed to a definitely female author are written by males. You'd have to be well versed in lesbian literature to know this. > 2. It seems unlikely someone so pedantic to keep full records of their partners would be careless enough to leave the file open for someone to find. For sure but this is well into the story. > 3. Keeping spreadsheets of data about your partners is not very usual to begin with (though not unheard of), but it's hard to imagine anyone would be so meticulous to rate a partner by now fewer than a hundred criteria. I don't think I could even formulate a 100 criteria worth caring about, let alone gather enough data about a person to assign concrete ratings in just a few months of dating. The problem is HN is THE place for "not very usual (though not unheard of)" so there is a genuine disconnect going on. You can see the evidence in the comments here.

lazyasciiart 3y ago

It‘s narrated in the first person from the perspective of a woman, written by a dude.