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About brevity.

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  • AxtremusA Offline
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    The article does not practice what it preaches.

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    • Aqua LetiferA Offline
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      Aqua Letifer
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      I did very much enjoy that; thanks, Mik.

      Please love yourself.

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      • JollyJ Offline
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        Yep.

        “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

        Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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        • MikM Mik

          Aqua will like this. I did.

          https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/how-emotionally-intelligent-people-use-the-mark-twain-rule-to-become-exceptionally-persuasive/ar-AATgqB0?ocid=msedgntp

          Doctor PhibesD Offline
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          @mik said in About brevity.:

          Aqua will like this. I did.

          https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/smallbusiness/how-emotionally-intelligent-people-use-the-mark-twain-rule-to-become-exceptionally-persuasive/ar-AATgqB0?ocid=msedgntp

          tl;dr

          I was only joking

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          • 89th8 Offline
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            If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

            Pretty good.

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            • 89th8 89th

              If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

              Pretty good.

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              @89th said in About brevity.:

              If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.

              Pretty good.

              Which is why payment by word count is ludicrous.

              Please love yourself.

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              • MikM Offline
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                That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.

                It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • MikM Mik

                  That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.

                  It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.

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                  @mik said in About brevity.:

                  That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.

                  It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.

                  FIFY

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    😠

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      • AxtremusA Offline
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                        Emojis are very succinct.

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                          🙄

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                          • MikM Mik

                            That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.

                            It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.

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                            @mik said in About brevity.:

                            That's what we were taught in newswriting classes. Never use two words when you can use one. Go through it. Then again. And again. And again.

                            It's surprising how much can be cut. I should use it here.

                            Yeah, but then many long threads would boil down to two words.

                            F you.😜

                            “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                            Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                              ✊ 💦

                              I was only joking

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