gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 29 May 2010 06:48:49PM 4 points [-]

I think the issue was that Harry was constantly, perpetually, invariably reacting to everything with shock and outrage. It got... tiresome.

Culture shock can be tiresome for the people not suffering it. I've been reading blogs and forum postings by expats in South Korea lately, and that constant perpetual shock & outrage? Par for the course for some people.

Comment author: NihilCredo 15 July 2010 01:41:19AM 1 point [-]

It's tiresome for those undergoing it, too - ever since moving to Sweden I have been suffering from a terrible chronic neck pain. Way too much snapping to ogle at passing blondes.