Thinner on Paper

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Post by nopg » Fri, Apr 22, 2022, 8:57 PM UTC

Thinner on Paper
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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 3:51 AM UTC

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Post by na85 » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 5:14 AM UTC

Not sure what to make of this. It was an engaging read but the thrust of it seems to be that people are superficial and judge others by their appearance.

No shit?

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Post by Zee2 » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 5:25 AM UTC

I love rich and well-crafted prose like this.

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Post by Rerarom » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 5:42 AM UTC

For those who don't know: the picture is one of the original illustrations of Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon. It depicts one of the leaders of the moonshot project, who was disappointed that he couldn't travel to the moon so he lived for a week or so inside the projectile, getting a bit fatter as a result (I guess this is the allusion). The pic is from when he gets out.

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Post by tomgp » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 7:15 AM UTC

na85 wrote: post #3

Not sure what to make of this. It was an engaging read but the thrust of it seems to be that people are superficial and judge others by their appearance. No shit?

There’s also the usual Peter Hitchens subtext that things were better in the old days before women and ethnic minorities and the working class ruined everything, before the communists took over (a thing Hitchens actually appears to believe happened).

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Post by Qworg » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 7:16 AM UTC

na85 wrote: post #3

Not sure what to make of this. It was an engaging read but the thrust of it seems to be that people are superficial and judge others by their appearance. No shit?

A bit of self indulgent reflection, mostly. I'm unsure there _was_ a point.

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Post by ggm » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 7:18 AM UTC

The brother of Christopher, they are oddly simulatenously alike (curmudgeon, argumentative, erudite) and unlike (Peter religious, ex SWP, now strongly tory, Christopher atheist, also socialist but more nuanced)

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 7:21 AM UTC

tomgp wrote: post #6

na85 wrote: post #3

Not sure what to make of this. It was an engaging read but the thrust of it seems to be that people are superficial and judge others by their appearance. No shit?

There’s also the usual Peter Hitchens subtext that things were better in the old days before women and ethnic minorities and the working class ruined everything, before the communists took over (a thing Hitchens actually appears to believe happened).

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Post by Veen » Sat, Apr 23, 2022, 7:24 AM UTC

ggm wrote: post #8

The brother of Christopher, they are oddly simulatenously alike (curmudgeon, argumentative, erudite) and unlike (Peter religious, ex SWP, now strongly tory, Christopher atheist, also socialist but more nuanced)

In fact, strongly anti-Tory. The current Tory Party is too progressive for his tastes.