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Interesting to see the difference in writing style back then. Lots of long sentences. Kind of the opposite to the LinkedIn-style writing we see today, spitting
by jalapenos 1y ago
Interesting to see the difference in writing style back then. Lots of long sentences. Kind of the opposite to the LinkedIn-style writing we see today, spitting out as many sentences and paragraphs as possible. Like you can see the generations' attention spans in their form of writing.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoBeen watching some old movies lately and its amazing to watch simple scenes stretch on for five minutes or more. Its almost like there was nothing else to do.
- avhception 1y agoAt first I'm irritated by this, but once I adapt I actually like the time it gives me as a viewer to appreciate the subtleties of what's the characters and what they're up to.
- mixmastamyk 1y agoAgreed, though I feel they went overboard during the seventies. On the other hand, modern movies make me desperate for a breather.
- makeitdouble 1y ago> Its almost like there was nothing else to do. Until now I forgot that people saw theaters as social venues, would eat buckets of popcorn, go the toilet etc. From that lens, viewers fully focused and digesting every second of the movie was definitely not the average target.
- asdff 1y agoA whole generation reared on cigarettes and black coffee with no tech addiction. Yeah, these were pretty focused times.
- makeitdouble 1y agoLong sentences are fine if your value form over communication. Marking it on attention span makes it sound like convoluted and rambling sentences were universally good in the first place. I'd argue the contrary for a magazine or news outlet.