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The man loves words and writing and such. I don't think there's anything pretentious about it.
by wonderzombie 13y ago
The man loves words and writing and such. I don't think there's anything pretentious about it.
- seanmcdirmid 13y agoI've noticed many criticisms here on hackernews of using artistic license in writing as coming off as pretentious or egotistical; it almost seems to be a bout of anti-intellectualism. I would personally love to be able to write at Jerry's level, he definitely has talent.
- HCIdivision17 13y agoExactly. My high school rhetoric teacher would do similar things, writing (or lecturing) in a way that is clearly impractical but for the live of the language. I can't see it as anything other than thrilling with the language. He's paid to write, dammit, so he'll darn well write!