James_Blair comments on April Fools—Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality Joke Chapter

James_Blair 2 Apr 2012 3:13 UTC
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I think it is bad taste to cynl cenaxf jura gur fvgr’f pybpx qbrf abg fnl gung vg vf gur svefg bs ncevy. Vg’f onq rabhtu yvivat va tzg cyhf gjryir.
- shokwave 2 Apr 2012 4:08 UTC
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  Vg qbrfa’g svg jvgu gur pybpx’f gvzr, ohg vg’f Ncevy 1fg, 7cz—v.r., gur gvzr n puncgre vf hfhnyyl eryrnfrq, ba Ncevy 1fg. Gurer jnf ernyyl ab bgure jnl.
  - James_Blair 2 Apr 2012 4:14 UTC
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    - bogus 2 Apr 2012 5:24 UTC
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      V’z abg fnlvat gung lbh fubhyq qryrgr vg. V qvq rawbl vg, ohg V qba’g nccebir bs vg.
      
      V nffhzr gung guvf puncgre jvyy or ergnvarq naq znexrq nf na Bznxr nf fbba nf gur arkg puncgre vf cbfgrq, vs abg fbbare. Gur jevgvat fglyr vf tbbq, naq vg jvyy nyfb or vagrerfgvat gb pbzcner guvf jvgu gur znva fgbelyvar.
    - jimrandomh 2 Apr 2012 17:13 UTC
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      In this case, the timing is simply not possible. That would mean, here, you shouldn’t have done it.
      
      I disagree. Letting such a good idea go to waste just because of a time-zone issue is a clear case of the perfect an being enemy of the good. (I do think it makes sense to edit the title to say April Fools, now that it’s no longer April 1, though.)