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Might be OT, but there's something about this writing style that wears on me. It reminds me of high school essays: excessive use of formal-sounding phrasing (lo
by brundolf 6y ago
Might be OT, but there's something about this writing style that wears on me. It reminds me of high school essays: excessive use of formal-sounding phrasing (lots of "yet", "indeed", "it[space]is", etc), flowery language, like the author is trying too hard. In this case the repeated references to Ozymandias really ram it home (we get it, you remember a poem we all read in English class, and you even understood its themes).
Anybody else noticed this before? I see it all over the internet; it's hard to define but very distinctive
- 987yghj 6y ago> Anybody else noticed this before? I've noticed the first comment on HN is almost always criticism. Also often the first reply to the first comment (Hello!). Create something or be quiet, imo.
- new_guy 6y ago> Anybody else noticed this before? I see it all over the internet; it's hard to define but very distinctive It's covering for a complete lack of knowledge in the subject matter, which is painfully obvious from reading that tripe It's just typical BS'ing like you'd expect a student to do in their homework.