SaidAchmiz comments on White Lies - Less Wrong

38 Post author: ChrisHallquist 08 February 2014 01:20AM

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Comment author: SaidAchmiz 08 February 2014 10:58:11PM 2 points [-]

Both of those suggestions confuse me.

unrealistic expectations

"Their acting sucked. I expected it to be good!" "Well, that was unreasonable of you! Clearly, you should have expected it to suck!" "Oh, well, in that case... yep, it sucked."

???

didn't watch the show with an open mind.

What on earth does that mean...?

Comment author: Alicorn 08 February 2014 11:04:34PM 4 points [-]

More like:

"That show was not in the top 30% of all entertainment I have ever consumed."

"...How was it as amateur theater goes?"

"Oh, easily top fifteen percent there."

The open-mindedness criterion is a little harder to explain.