DanielLC comments on An African Folktale - Less Wrong

19 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 16 February 2009 01:00AM

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Comment author: Tiiba2 16 February 2009 01:55:33AM 6 points [-]

Well, the farmer's wife seems to be one character who was thankful...

...and fared the worst.

But is this really cultural gloominess? Maybe this one is just reserved for when you're in a really bad mood. What are the other stories in that book like?

Comment author: DanielLC 28 February 2013 06:08:25AM 7 points [-]

The snake fared the worst.

In fact, the farmer's wife was the only character whose life was never in danger.