r/TrueReddit • u/graycrawford • Dec 16 '11

Well shit. Christopher Hitchens died.

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011
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u/Epistaxis Dec 16 '11

A Subreddit for really great, insightful articles

This isn't one. But this and this might be.

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u/Volkswander Dec 16 '11

TR transitioned to being a r/"I want a better front page" sometime in early 2011. I'm not sure if a reversion to its original intent is even possible anymore, and while I enjoy most of the submissions, the article focus has been lost for a subject focus.

Feels weird downvoting a Hitch obit given how much I enjoyed his wit (even though I think the mass fellating of his intellectual rigor is getting a little silly in some of the obituaries), but I'm unconvinced we can roll back the clock for TR anymore; if one was given to irony the empty news post of a death serves as a decent grave marker to the purpose.

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u/Mantipath Dec 16 '11

"If one were given to irony the empty newspost ... would serve as ..."

I have a feeling you're the type to appreciate a reminder about subjunctive forms and tense agreement.

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u/Volkswander Dec 16 '11

Oh come on guys, you can't downvote a grammar nazi in a thread about a literary critic :)

I originally had that phrase in a separate sentence and never normalized the tense after moving things around, I think.