On world-building

[philena]

I am firmly in the camp of people who read for escape, rather than exploring the human condition. I don't want to learn about how my fellow man feels in today's disconnected and narcissistic society. I don't care about how your misunderstood childhood informed your love of jazz and rescuing puppies, and I really have no patience while you explore

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[liddle_oldman]

Flanders and Swann introduced some song by declaring that satire, by its nature, was meant to tear away the curtain of comforting illusion, and their job was to put it right back again.