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gwern comments on A rationalist My Little Pony fanfic - Less Wrong Discussion

12 Post author: DataPacRat 10 August 2012 08:53PM

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Comment author: PhilGoetz 07 September 2012 12:48:41PM *  3 points [-]

No, MLP fanfic talks often about "the curse of immortality." I typoed. I will fix it.

Comment author: gwern 07 September 2012 03:01:02PM 4 points [-]

Oh. Well, +1 for me for being surprised by a falsity, I guess. Although I wish it had been true since it's more interesting than the truth and could've been interesting (a silver bullet for deathism? Sign me up!).

Comment author: PhilGoetz 08 September 2012 12:23:10AM 5 points [-]

MLP is pro-death only in one way: There are two characters who are immortal, and people feel sorry for them because everyone they know keeps dying. The show doesn't talk about this, but the fanfiction does, and refers to the curse of immortality in this context.

Comment author: Ritalin 29 October 2012 01:38:19AM 0 points [-]

CAUSE HERE WE ARE, WE'RE THE PRINCESSES OF THE UNIVERSE!

WE HAVE NO RIVALS! NO MARE CAN BE OUR EQUAL!