On: On Myra Breckinridge and the Life of Gore Vidal

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..."I asked what he had written"...

the quintessence of clay-footed STEM.

[clivestaples → plink]

The funny thing is that I was a creative writing major at the time and already knew of him. Of course, I didn't know what he looked like but as soon as he admitted being published, I immediately said, "Oh, you're GORE Vidal, not George Vidal." He laughed.

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Yet here on HN we find an article by Camila Paglia on Gore Vidal. Very interesting to see literati here. Is is a shame not to see more discussion. Oh well on to the next google AMP sux post

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It is apparent to me that someone at HN is putting a thumb on the scale, probably dang, who as I recall has a degree in the liberal arts. I am totally fine with these bonus posts, many of which I ignore. I really love the curation of Hacker News.

[dang → plink]

Please don't toxic up HN threads like this. The mistake in your comment is obvious if one simply reads the parent.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Edit: can you please stop posting unsubstantive comments generally? We're trying for a bit better than internet defaults here.

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You’re right. My apologies.

[dang → plink]

Appreciated. It led to an interesting reply from clivestaples, so there's that.

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Take note of what the poster said the name on the ticket was.

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Yes