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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by mr_toad on Friday May 16, 2025 @09:50PM (#44011440)
> Writers made elves by adding pointy ears to a human.

Now that’s reductionist to the point of being diminutive.

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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by BobbyTables2 on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:42PM (#44011640)
Hey, no need to get short!

We should try to be the bigger person.

That’s really the long and short of it.

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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by TechDebtDevin on Friday May 16, 2025 @10:29PM (#44011590)
Its not, thats why the term humanoid exists.
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Re:Thoughts on Thinking by milliams on Saturday May 17, 2025 @07:54AM (#44013637)
Elves are wonderful. They provoke wonder. Elves are marvellous. They cause marvels. Elves are fantastic. They create fantasies. Elves are glamorous. They project glamour. Elves are enchanting. They weave enchantment. Elves are terrific. They beget terror. The thing about words is that meanings can twist just like a snake, and if you want to find snakes look for them behind words that have changed their meaning. No one ever said elves are nice. Elves are bad.

― Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies

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