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Comment author: Dolores1984 06 June 2012 10:10:28PM 21 points [-]

It might well be possible to commission Wiener to illustrate the Sequences.

Comment author: DanielVarga 07 June 2012 12:47:57AM 4 points [-]

I am a great fan of both guys, but I don't think Weiner's bitterness goes well with Yudkowsky's pathos.

Comment author: Dolores1984 07 June 2012 01:17:18AM 8 points [-]

I'm not sure if I'd qualify Weiner as bitter. His comics tend to be pessimistic, sure, but a lot of that is the rule of funny. Comedy is about human pain.

Comment author: wedrifid 07 June 2012 04:40:04AM 4 points [-]

I'm not sure if I'd qualify Weiner as bitter. His comics tend to be pessimistic, sure, but a lot of that is the rule of funny. Comedy is about human pain.

Weiner talks about things that may make other people bitter and so those other people may expect him to be bitter because he acknowledges those bad things. Instead I see Weiner see the world as it is, exaggerate it for the sake of satire and then delight in it. You don't need rose coloured glasses to be content.

Comment author: shminux 07 June 2012 03:01:52AM 0 points [-]

And SI can probably afford it, too. Hopefully Luke will give it some thought.