That's such an asshole attitude to take. We'll ignore that, yes, of course it was edgier when Borges did it, Borges was one of the greatest inventors in the entirety of literature, and that Borges did it for a major literary piece instead of a free online ebook, and that the execution of this one was quite a bit subtler and not at all pertinent to the main part of the book. Just: Who the fuck cares about edgy? What matters is that it made somebody's day, made them think, and appealed to them enough that they were willing to write a story about it later. Isn't that enough?
Your sort of deconstructive critical snark was vastly edgier when I did it at the age of thirteen on gaming forums. But I don't stalk you on Hacker News reminding you of that when other people tell you they like your comments.
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That's such an asshole attitude to take. We'll ignore that, yes, of course it was edgier when Borges did it, Borges was one of the greatest inventors in the entirety of literature, and that Borges did it for a major literary piece instead of a free online ebook, and that the execution of this one was quite a bit subtler and not at all pertinent to the main part of the book. Just: Who the fuck cares about edgy? What matters is that it made somebody's day, made them think, and appealed to them enough that they were willing to write a story about it later. Isn't that enough?
Your sort of deconstructive critical snark was vastly edgier when I did it at the age of thirteen on gaming forums. But I don't stalk you on Hacker News reminding you of that when other people tell you they like your comments.