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Eliezer_Yudkowsky comments on Why do people ____? - Less Wrong Discussion

25 Post author: magfrump 04 May 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 06 May 2012 08:04:17AM 13 points [-]

Depending on what you mean by "horrific situation" you may have a psychological condition known as "author".

Comment author: FiftyTwo 06 May 2012 12:50:32PM 4 points [-]

An author, possibly Howard Taylor, said his method for writing was to: set up a situation, have everything go as badly as possible then try and find a way out of it.

Comment author: hesperidia 07 May 2012 05:47:04AM 0 points [-]

Oh, hey. You write fanfiction too, right? I think I recognize your name.

:P