thomblake comments on What's In A Name? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: thomblake 01 July 2009 02:19:11AM 1 point [-]

Well said. Coolness is to be celebrated. And your comment about having white children is especially well-taken given Eliezer's comment about growing up to be president. Presumably, (at least before this year) one would be well-advised to avoid having anything but a white child if you want to leave that option open.

Also, you didn't mention it, but obviously none of those things will stop kids from being bullied. All you need in order to be punched in the face is a face. (And kids without faces will likely be bullied too)

I really don't get the Candy thing, but maybe that's because I've only ever known older women named Candy.

Comment author: Alicorn 01 July 2009 02:43:11AM 2 points [-]

Also, you didn't mention it, but obviously none of those things will stop kids from being bullied.

I didn't mention it because that doesn't seem to be HughRistik's point; it seemed like he was focusing on reducing bullying (plausible) rather than on eliminating it (implausible).