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For what it's worth I absolutely loathe this writing style. Just look at this sentence: > No longer open to the pressing torque of divinities and djinns, we mo
by echelon_musk 2y ago
For what it's worth I absolutely loathe this writing style. Just look at this sentence:
> No longer open to the pressing torque of divinities and djinns, we moderns are closed off and shut down, buffered and buttressed, marching efficiently through our merely material world, grim-faced assassins of mystery.
You could say instead: "Since the Enlightenment people believe in magic less."
Come on, "buffered and buttressed", really?!
This article is one close to my heart but the pompous writing put me off.
- buescher 2y agoAh, yes, an article about deals with the devil should be straight to the point for the effortless efficiency that only the best bureaucracy can provide. As I tell my team, "bottom line up front, folks!". I hope I have understood you here so please understand me - that is meant with irony but not sarcasm. Perhaps there is a reason for the purple prose, if we only could find it.