I am 100% team rationalist but rationalists criticizing the New Yorker's prose style for being snootily loquacious is funny as shit
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imagine. using a bunch of big words to show off how smart you are!
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it is not directly related to bigness of words, but I firmly believe that SSC's writing style is Good and New Yorker's is Bad something about "precise and detailed" vs. "gratuitous ornamentation", maybe
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Hm, I think they're both about the superiority, it's more about who they are directed at. In the negative sense it's a cultist enthusiasm to induct you vs sneering at the plebs I guess?
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Sure, but it's a damn thin line at times
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hmm
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