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That’s not looking “guilty” though. Paper cannot be guilty, only humans.

• vintagedave 4mo ago
  Of course it can. That's writing.
• scubbo 4mo ago
  There are plenty of valid criticisms of the article, but this isn't one of them. I'd be embarrassed to call myself a fan of Pratchett while failing to recognize dramatic anthropomorphization (indeed, Pratchett was where teenaged-me first learned the word)
  • mpalmer 4mo ago
    It's not a matter of not recognizing it. It's just nonsensical, it's completely free of wit or cleverness. Speaking as an enthusiastic fan of the man's actual writing.
    • scubbo 4mo ago
      So paper _can_ look guilty, you just don't like this particular usage of rhetoric? Which is it?