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I wrote a short story about this as an HN comment over the weekend. It got downvoted to 0 and someone replied asking me if I was on drugs. (I guess drugs make

• givemeethekeys 5y ago
  That isn't a long paragraph. That is a formidable wall of text.
  • bryanrasmussen 5y ago
    It's ok, but it's no Victor Hugo https://bookstr.com/article/the-longest-sentence-that-victor-hugo-ever-wrote/ https://bookstr.com/article/the-longest-sentence-that-victor...
    • yakshaving_jgt 5y ago
      My goodness that was a joy to read aloud. Thank you.
    • Apocryphon 5y ago
      That's not even an essay, that's just a bunch of descriptive clauses, an overabundance of semicolons.
• peakaboo 5y ago
  I'm sorry but you need to learn how to format text into paragraphs if you expect people to read that. Just honest advice.
  • jrockway 5y ago
    I mean, it should really be one sentence. There shouldn't be any pauses to think about how you got from the previous fragment to the next. It just keeps going; you start with a requirement about what camera to buy and you end up airlifting someone to the hospital, and that's just how the economy works. It is clearly not what the weekend HN audience wants (all good ideas fit into 140 characters!), but I had fun writing it.
    • xmaayy 5y ago
      I found it entertaining enough that I went looking for more :)
    • desmosxxx 5y ago
      I had fun reading it! I get the criticism but it's actually pretty entertaining and very relevant.
• bckr 5y ago
  That was an enjoyable read... that would have been more enjoyable with about 15 more line breaks :-)