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## Short Story - Amazing Man
* Author: u/embrodski *
* URL: https://www.reddit.com/r/rational/comments/3aqrbu/short_story_amazing_man/
* Score: 0
* Created: 2015-06-22T19:17:32
### Post:
[Amazing Man](http://www.deathisbadblog.com/amazing-man/)
I dashed off a little short story, inspired by the Sad Puppies Hugo Fiasco. I had fun writing it, I hope someone finds it enjoyable to read. I don't think it's Rational or Rationalist really, but it kinda waves in that direction in the few thousand words I had. For anyone who reads it... would it be approriate to post to http://rationalfiction.io/ ?
### Comments:
> **u/Transfuturist** [+8] *Carthago delenda est.* (an hour later)
>
> Please leave politics out of the sub. This isn't rational or rationalist at all, it's political satire. This doesn't belong here.
>> **u/embrodski** [+4] (5 hours later)
>>
>> Roger, my apoligies
> **u/BadGoyWithAGun** [+8] (27 minutes later)
>
> Proposed alternative title: The Adventures of Straw-Man.
>
> >For anyone who reads it... would it be approriate to post to http://rationalfiction.io/ ?
>
> I don't see how. Did you seriously set out to write a rational protagonist, and end up with this?
>> **u/embrodski** [-3] (5 hours later)
>>
>> No, I was just poking fun at some people I was annoyed at
>>> **u/callmebrotherg** [+2] *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (a day later)
>>>
>>> Then why did you post it here?
>>>
>>> For that matter, why'd you ask if it should be posted at the ratfic site when it isn't rational/ist?
>>>> **u/embrodski** [+2] (a day later)
>>>>
>>>> Honestly, it because I'm still not entirely sure what rationalist fic is. I know we've been trying to define it for a while, and there's a lot of cases where it's very obvious that something fits in the genre. This story referenced a few items but it didn't have a rational protagonist or a rationalist storyline, and I was wondering if it would slip in as an edge case or be entirely out of bounds. When my view of the boundaries is very blurry I try to prod at the edges. This was an obvious failure, but it wasn't obvious to me before I asked.
>>> **u/nerdguy1138** [+1] *GNU Terry Pratchett* (7 hours later)
>>>
>>> It was fun...
> **u/ArgentStonecutter** [+2] *Emergency Mustelid Hologram* (16 minutes later)
>
> So, would you call him a Dork Lord?
> **u/callmebrotherg** [+1] *now posting as /u/callmesalticidae* (4 hours later)
>
> Not seeing it.
> **u/None** [+1] (a day later)
>
> I didn't see that coming.
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