I flatly refuse to use TL;DR. I am not aiming to talk to anyone who asks for TL;DR. Those people are not my audience. Oddly, I feel that those that ask for TL;D

I flatly refuse to use TL;DR. I am not aiming to talk to anyone who asks for TL;DR. Those people are not my audience. Oddly, I feel that those that ask for TL;DR are the very ones who should be reading the entire article, but that is likely my own hurt talking. I do understand where the request comes from. Over the past few years, the web has been proliferated by writers who need 3 paragraphs to open up their essay (usually with no admirable content), 5 paragraphs beating around the bush, another paragraph of cliff-hanger, and maybe, after reaching the bottom of the page, the final point is made. This is not good writing, and I won't bother reading anything in a similar format. If there is no content in the first 2 paragraphs, I doubt that there will be much worth reading later on, thus I seek the respite of the back button. Each writer has his or her audience, and that audience who asks for TL;DR is not the audience of the writer. I have an implicit contract: I offer to my reader a promise of concise and provocative writing. I suspect that by the time he or she is done reading what I write, he or she will have something to ponder, something to argue against, and/or gained new knowledge. My implied contract also states that, at the time of the writing, I created a piece that uses the least amount of words that I could have used. If that happens to be a 1500 word essay or a 3-word tidbit, my point was made, and my reader should not feel resentment towards me after reading it. If they do feel resentment and wish for a TL;DR, I have failed my end of the bargain. I took the time to write a piece I am proud of. I let the piece sit in my computer for days and edited past the point of pain. After all this work, I want my reader to spend 5 to 10 minutes with my article. This reader/writer relationship is a two-way street. Good writing requires cutting out all the prolix bullshit. At this point, I can ask my reader to respect my words and my effort.