The objective is to go from “__ sucked/was awesome” to “__ caused me to have internal experiences A, B, C, H, and R. Did you have different experiences? If so, why?”
This article caused me to have internal experiences of “oh jesus”, “what is he thinking”, and “how can people claim lesswrong isn’t autistic with a straight face?”
Here are some factors that may have contributed to these experiences: I ate a slice of cheese pizza today, I want to signal my superiority in the domain of art criticism, and the way you write (and apparently talk) makes me want to bang my head against the wall.
I don’t like contentless discussions of art either, but spewing paragraph after paragraph of awkward, stilted jargon about your hypothetical personal feelings isn’t content, especially when they relate to a movie you haven’t even seen!
If my friend says “That movie sucked”, and I disagree, I ask “why”.
If my friend says “I liked the animation, but the timing is terrible. Everyone telegraphs their reactions”, that’s a discussion of the film that’s actually going somewhere.
If my friend says “Like everyone, I enjoy the physical experience of laughter, but-” and five minutes later they’re still talking, I take a moment to look back at my life and wonder how I possibly thought it would be a good idea to see a movie with this person.
I think ‘downvote it’ is the convention! Probably curb the impulse to speculate wryly on any perceived positive utility of the self induced concussions that were mentioned. That would seem trite or petty. :)
This article caused me to have internal experiences of “oh jesus”, “what is he thinking”, and “how can people claim lesswrong isn’t autistic with a straight face?”
Here are some factors that may have contributed to these experiences: I ate a slice of cheese pizza today, I want to signal my superiority in the domain of art criticism, and the way you write (and apparently talk) makes me want to bang my head against the wall.
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I don’t like contentless discussions of art either, but spewing paragraph after paragraph of awkward, stilted jargon about your hypothetical personal feelings isn’t content, especially when they relate to a movie you haven’t even seen!
If my friend says “That movie sucked”, and I disagree, I ask “why”.
If my friend says “I liked the animation, but the timing is terrible. Everyone telegraphs their reactions”, that’s a discussion of the film that’s actually going somewhere.
If my friend says “Like everyone, I enjoy the physical experience of laughter, but-” and five minutes later they’re still talking, I take a moment to look back at my life and wonder how I possibly thought it would be a good idea to see a movie with this person.
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I think ‘downvote it’ is the convention! Probably curb the impulse to speculate wryly on any perceived positive utility of the self induced concussions that were mentioned. That would seem trite or petty. :)