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Re: Fatum Iustum Stultorum
Posted By: Lion O CyborgDate: 12/19/20 11:58 a.m.

In Response To: Fatum Iustum Stultorum (Philtron)

: But anyway, tell me. Is Yrro a typo? How about S'boath? Are those typos? Or
: is there an interview with Double Aught where they explicitly state that
: they deliberately spelled alien words differently to give the sense of a
: translator having difficulty putting alien words into human text? ...
: setting that interview aside... Or do the alt spellings underscore the
: motif of a malleable reality that is woven throughout the game?

: But let's set all that aside for a moment. There is a type of pedantry you
: see on social media these days where someone makes a mild typo and egoists
: descend to correct the typo, presumably so they can have a fleeting sense
: of superiority over someone.

: You have surpassed those pedants by being so petty that within a lengthy
: series of posts about a complicated story, you decided to vent your anger
: against me by focusing your attention on a tiny correction to my spelling
: of a make-believe word, from a non-existent, alien language, that is
: spelled in at least two different ways in a narrative where the writers
: admitted they spelled alien words in different ways to deliberately to
: convey a sense of alienness and in which these alternate spellings would
: also support other motifs taking place in the games. But let's pretend
: none of that is true...

: Good job.

: You did it.

: You won.

: You found a mistake I made that does not affect anything about the story or
: the analysis of the story in any way.

: What now? Where do you go from here, champion, when you've attained such
: heights?

Wouldn't be the first time he's done this exact same thing. I share your frustration, Philtron.

I'll just leave it at that.

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Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2 *LINK*Philtron 12/15/20 4:06 p.m.
     Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Durandal_1707 12/15/20 6:44 p.m.
           Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/15/20 7:20 p.m.
                 Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Durandal_1707 12/15/20 8:04 p.m.
                       Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/16/20 4:02 a.m.
                             Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Bob-B-Q 12/16/20 10:19 a.m.
                                   Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/16/20 1:37 p.m.
                                         Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Bob-B-Q 12/18/20 7:14 a.m.
                                               Fatum Iustum StultorumPhiltron 12/18/20 2:23 p.m.
                                                     Re: Fatum Iustum StultorumLion O Cyborg 12/19/20 11:58 a.m.
                                                           Kudos *NM*Philtron 12/20/20 9:29 a.m.
                                                     Try AgainBob-B-Q 12/20/20 9:10 a.m.
                                                           Re: Try AgainPhiltron 12/20/20 9:29 a.m.
                                                           Re: Try AgainVikingBoyBilly 12/21/20 3:51 a.m.
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                                                                                                     Re: trih xeemVikingBoyBilly 12/26/20 5:15 a.m.
                                                                                                           Re: trih xeemForrest of B.org 12/26/20 10:26 a.m.
     Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Godot 12/15/20 11:03 p.m.
     Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Godot 12/16/20 1:08 a.m.
           Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/16/20 3:37 a.m.
                 Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Godot 12/16/20 4:42 a.m.
                       Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/16/20 1:30 p.m.
                             Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Godot 12/17/20 2:26 a.m.
     Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Bob-B-Q 12/16/20 7:37 a.m.
           Re: Infinity: the Story: Chapt 1, Part 2/2Philtron 12/16/20 1:28 p.m.

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