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1. faerie+dT[view] [source] 2023-02-19 00:41:32
>>GavCo+(OP)
Of every change the ones to Augustus Gloop not being called "enormously fat" and instead being called "enormous" are the most jarring as his story is a moral parable about the dangers of gluttony. Even if you think such moral parables are wrong, the phrasing change isn't simply just aesthetic, it's fundamentally changing the story's narrative.
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2. Animat+we1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 03:46:53
>>faerie+dT
Last year, it was the Fat Controller from Thomas the Tank Engine.[1]

[1] https://www.thesun.co.uk/tv/19487821/thomas-the-tank-engine-...

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3. unders+xD1[view] [source] 2023-02-19 08:39:14
>>Animat+we1
He should be called by his real name, Sir Topham Hatt.
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