[HN Gopher] The gradual extinction of softness
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       The gradual extinction of softness
        
       Author : flabber
       Score  : 64 points
       Date   : 2021-11-10 20:12 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | lazyjeff wrote:
       | Wow, what a beautiful piece of writing. The sayings from that
       | period, the weaving of "recipes", and the little girl's mindset
       | add a lot of color to this piece.
        
         | nickkline wrote:
         | Agreed, it's equally beautiful and heart-wrenching. What a
         | read.
        
           | cgio wrote:
           | I could not stop reading. For some reason the Vespa scene
           | struck a chord and I don't even have such a memory. Something
           | universal in the magic of softness. I think we all lose a bit
           | of softness as we grow up, can only imagine what that
           | annealing feels like when you grow "down".
        
       | Animats wrote:
       | The US is headed that way. After we lose the first war with
       | China, over Taiwan,[1][2] the decline will accelerate.
       | 
       | [1] https://americanmilitarynews.com/2021/03/us-will-lose-
       | fast-i...
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       | [2] 2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman,
       | Admiral James Stavridis USN
        
       | hardwaregeek wrote:
       | Such a good read. Gonna have to keep an eye out for her memoir.
       | There's starting to be a flourishing of SE Asian voices with Viet
       | Thanh Nguyen and Ocean Vuong. I hope more come, especially more
       | women. Hopefully more cinema too; it'd be wonderful to have
       | responses to the America centric and sympathetic portrayals of
       | Vietnam.
        
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