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Adding my voice to this. I know that the article was written in 2006, but still. If one wants to be taken seriously as a writer, one shouldn't insert puerile jo
by mattowen_uk 5y ago
Adding my voice to this. I know that the article was written in 2006, but still. If one wants to be taken seriously as a writer, one shouldn't insert puerile jokes for 12 year olds into their prose. It made me wince when when I read it, and I was ready to comment here about it, but GP got here first.
- throwaway894345 5y agoTell that to Shakespeare and Chaucer.
- geofft 5y agoShakespeare and Chaucer were not writing technical documentation.
- throwaway894345 5y agoI was responding in jest to the narrow claim about not making puerile jokes if one wishes to be taken as a serious writer.