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Interview article with Seth Dickinson - AKA our very own General Battuta!
General Battuta:
It is absolutely the most telling thing in the world when nerds obsess over some slight hint of ‘meanness’ in a response rather than taking issue with the glaring, gut-bustingly bad line of thought that provoked it.
In your hurry to get mad about the word ‘inane’, an intellectual judgment about a question which implies certain values and beliefs, did you stop to read the actual question and answer? Do you have some substantive disagreement with the thoughts being exchanged?
You’re lucky I didn’t go with my first draft, which was “hey, **** you”
0rph3u5:
--- Quote from: General Battuta on April 29, 2019, 12:24:54 pm ---It is absolutely the most telling thing in the world when nerds obsess over some slight hint of ‘meanness’ in a response rather than taking issue with the glaring, gut-bustingly bad line of thought that provoked it.
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Then deconstruct the question. Make the bad from in the question an issue of the response ala "The better question to ask is...".
--- Quote from: General Battuta on April 29, 2019, 12:24:54 pm ---You’re lucky I didn’t go with my first draft, which was “hey, **** you”
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:banghead:
General Battuta:
Like I am wildly curious why you want to argue that the question “Did you create this character as a diversity checkbox, because a black woman with knowledge and sorcerous power seems unbelievable to me” should not be challenged. Do you feel that belief deserves my implicit confirmation and support? Why? What is the role of an interviewee when the interviewer asks a misinformed or leading question?
You seem to be arguing that the interviewer is sacrosanct and can’t be corrected.
--- Quote from: 0rph3u5 on April 29, 2019, 12:29:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: General Battuta on April 29, 2019, 12:24:54 pm ---It is absolutely the most telling thing in the world when nerds obsess over some slight hint of ‘meanness’ in a response rather than taking issue with the glaring, gut-bustingly bad line of thought that provoked it.
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Then deconstruct the question. Make the bad from in the question an issue of the response ala "The better question to ask is...".
--- Quote from: General Battuta on April 29, 2019, 12:24:54 pm ---You’re lucky I didn’t go with my first draft, which was “hey, **** you”
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:banghead:
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How does my response not do this? By comparing Ikora’s narrative role to two other peer characters, I show that the question is misguided.
But you didn’t read that, did you? You just jumped on a line someone else quoted. If you want to say ‘my bad, I should have read the context’ then no hard feelings.
General Battuta:
--- Quote from: HLD_Prophecy on April 29, 2019, 12:06:27 pm ---Yes, this review was enlightening. I see now why BP is the way it is.
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Glad you enjoyed. It’s definitely something I’m proud of, and it’s been great to see the whole team’s hard work find such an audience.
The E:
Orpheus, can you actually make a point more substantial than "I think Battuta was rude", or is that all there is? Because if that's the case, if all you want to do is get on Battman's case over ~not being a paragon of grace~, I think it would be best if you left this particular tangent of the discussion.
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