BenSix comments on Open thread, Oct. 6 - Oct. 12, 2014 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: BenSix 08 October 2014 09:51:10PM *  1 point [-]

I enjoy keeping a diary, to crystallise thoughts and experiences, but to restrain my tendency to blather it's a diary of haikus.

Comment author: gjm 09 October 2014 12:45:54AM *  3 points [-]

Don't you mean:

I've a diary
To get my thoughts in order
This is how it works:

To keep myself terse
All entries must be haikus
Thus I don't ramble.

[EDITED to add: of course strictly these aren't actually haiku since the 5-7-5 thing is just a surface feature, but I conjecture BenSix's diary entries also mostly aren't.]

Comment author: BenSix 09 October 2014 12:51:52AM 3 points [-]

Indeed. I attempt to juxtapose ideas but often there is too pressing a need to juxtapose my head and a pillow.

Comment author: Viliam_Bur 10 October 2014 02:51:55PM *  1 point [-]

Beauty and reason
In reports of every day
Rationality

Comment author: gjm 10 October 2014 03:35:39PM 1 point [-]

We should probably
Stop the running joke right here.
What is this, Reddit?