fubarobfusco comments on The curse of identity - LessWrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 05 August 2012 11:49:50AM 4 points [-]

You mean, why did I bother wearing braces for years so as to have straight teeth? <gd&rVF!>

Comment author: Will_Newsome 06 August 2012 10:46:10AM *  -2 points [-]

I mean that, and an infinite number of questions more and less like that, categorically, in series and in parallel. (I don't know how to interpret "<gd&rVF!>", but I do know to interpret it that it was part of your point that it is difficult to interpret, or analogous to something that is difficult to interpret, perhaps self-similarly, or in a class of things that is analogous to something or a class of things that is difficult to interpret, perhaps self-similarly; also perhaps it has an infinite number of intended or normatively suggested interpretations more or less like those.)

(This comment also helps elucidate my previous comment, in case you had trouble understanding that comment. If you can't understand either of these comments then maybe you should read more of the Bible, or something, otherwise you stand a decent chance of ending up in hell. This applies to all readers of this comment, not just army1987. You of course have a decent change of ending up in hell anyway, but I'm talking about marginals here, naturally.)

Comment author: fubarobfusco 06 August 2012 05:15:13PM 0 points [-]

I don't know how to interpret "<gd&rVF!>"

"gd&r" is an old Usenet expression, roughly "sorry for the horrible joke"; literally "grins, ducks, and runs".
I expect "VF" stands for "very fast".