mattnewport comments on Open Thread: June 2010 - Less Wrong

5 Post author: Morendil 01 June 2010 06:04PM

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Comment author: mattnewport 01 June 2010 11:14:41PM 1 point [-]

Are you thinking of tit for tat?

I'm not trying to argue for or against the comparison. Would you agree that the subtext exists in the original article or do you think I'm over-interpreting?

Comment author: bentarm 02 June 2010 09:31:30AM 1 point [-]

No, the subtext is definitely there in the original article. At least, I saw it immediately, as did most of the commenters:

My invisible friend says that having your happiness button pushed will cause you to spend eternity boiling in a lava pit.