Reading @bruces annual thing made me realize why I had an instinctive aversion to letter dot wiki. The mannered faux-genteel 18th-century republic-of-letters vibe is too jarring for me. The Well is 35 years old but feels fresher (both form/content) than this “Dear Joe” larping.
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I suspect people who gravitate to these things of being based ancient statues in denial https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1216800623321997314?s=21 …https://twitter.com/vgr/status/1216800623321997314 …
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The Well is like a historic building. Letter wiki is more like Caesar’s Palace in Vegas, but trying to pretend it’s actually Caesar’s Palace in Ancient Rome.
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I’m kind of an idiot and would prefer an explicit agreement to be uncivil. Is that too much to ask? Like a friendly untruce
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Me too, though I’d probably exit rather than open,y fight. But when I fight I fight.
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Okay, I'll bite. First, you're missing certain critical elements of discourse, namely wit, humour, wilful stupidity, and things of this nature. Second, the intersubjective is shot through with illusion and misunderstanding. This means liberty in latitude of response!
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