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Nornagest comments on Overcoming the Curse of Knowledge - Less Wrong Discussion

42 Post author: JesseGalef 18 October 2011 05:39PM

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Comment author: Nornagest 18 October 2011 10:21:31PM 2 points [-]

A fine sentiment, but the emoticon takes something from it.

Comment author: JesseGalef 18 October 2011 11:48:05PM 8 points [-]

Indeed - when I was young, we didn't use emoticons. We typed "emote smile" and let the MUD client fill in the rest.

... Too nerdy?

Comment author: [deleted] 19 October 2011 06:37:47AM *  3 points [-]

I am trying to overcome my future shock at the strange society LW has become in the fantastic, futuristic and frightening year of 2011.

Comment author: gwern 20 October 2011 12:29:12AM 0 points [-]

Oh I dunno, we're barely at shock level 2 or 3 here most of the time.

Comment author: pedanterrific 19 October 2011 05:47:54AM 4 points [-]

(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻

Comment author: Normal_Anomaly 20 October 2011 12:34:30AM 0 points [-]

Firefox isn't rendering that right. What is it? An emoticon of a thumbs up?

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 October 2011 12:52:30AM 2 points [-]