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Timeline of events: - you get upset at OP for missing the point and criticizing the author for being too wordy - you give a neat two sentence summary of the a
by benihana 13y ago
Timeline of events:
- you get upset at OP for missing the point and criticizing the author for being too wordy
- you give a neat two sentence summary of the article
- you say sometimes you can't give a nice neat summary of an article
- the massive dose of irony that just happened is lost on you.
- md224 13y agoHaberman was complaining about the tendency to summarize a long piece of writing in a few words (here, only 3). Haberman's summary was more than three words, and more importantly, did not dismissively imply that such a summary was an appropriate stand-in for reading the article and/or encapsulated the article in its entirety. There was a difference of purpose/context. I didn't find it to be too ironic. The Internet is great at the rapid dissemination of micro-communications. But let's not forget that there's merit in taking your time as well.