undermind comments on The Importance of Sidekicks - LessWrong

127 Post author: Swimmer963 08 January 2015 11:21PM

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 08 January 2015 11:22:51PM 61 points [-]

For what it’s worth, I endorse this aesthetic and apologize for any role I played in causing people to focus too much on the hero thing. You need a lot of nonheroes per hero and I really want to validate the nonheroes but I guess I feel like I don’t know how, or like it’s not my place to say because I didn’t make the same sacrifices… or what feels to me like it ought to be a sacrifice, only maybe it’s not.

Comment author: undermind 16 January 2015 05:45:06AM 22 points [-]

“Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin, wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work in Hufflepuff.”

You've already said it. But it doesn't hurt to repeat.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 April 2015 05:36:40PM 3 points [-]

My girlfriend and I always joke that Hufflepuff needs to seize the means of production.