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orthoclad

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58. A few paragraphs carry a lot of info

Mon Jun 22, 2026, 03:12 PM

Jun 22

Text is information-rich and noise-low. Video is the opposite, mostly noise.

Occasionally video and stills convey much more meaning than text, though, as in the case of the napalm girl. But that's rare these days when it's so easy to record.

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Is It Just Me Aging and Getting Increasingly Grumpy [View all] The Roux Comes First Jun 20 OP

I think the former. Also, are you sure you want to use the word "smitten" here? Scrivener7 Jun 20 #1

Now I'm really confused Lifeafter70 Jun 20 #5

Show me someone who can't spell or write a lucid post and I'll show you a smoke show. Xavier Breath Jun 20 #12

Points Taken! The Roux Comes First Jun 20 #17

No need to capitalize the T in taken. Just sayin Blues Heron Jun 22 #53

Being smitten means being deeply in love, infatuated, or overwhelmingly captivated by someone or something. Celerity Jun 22 #37

On fairness, auto correct is raising hell with displacedvermoter Jun 20 #2

Like I meant to write "In fairness" and it came out displacedvermoter Jun 20 #6

Same Here ProfessorGAC Jun 20 #24

Depends on the day Bettie Jun 20 #3

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 20 #4

"On behalf of" is also puzzling in that phrase. Maybe the whole post is satire? enough Jun 20 #9

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 20 #10

Word police Wifes husband Jun 20 #7

Meh, could be worse. Xavier Breath Jun 20 #15

Or worse than that.... Celerity Jun 22 #38

Have you read the Hill or Politico? mr715 Jun 20 #8

As I get older, my spelling accuracy is floating away... Swede Jun 20 #11

I'm getting less judgmental in my old age. Emile Jun 20 #13

Or you put up a disclaimer ... like my sig line. MiHale Jun 20 #14

Choose your battles and suffer the consequences. ❤️ littlemissmartypants Jun 20 #16

Is it laziness? orthoclad Jun 20 #18

I Hear You Loud and Clear The Roux Comes First Jun 20 #20

I think a "blank post rule" would orthoclad Jun 20 #21

I'd like to see this site avoid the "Quora problem." The Madcap Jun 22 #54

A few paragraphs carry a lot of info orthoclad Jun 22 #58

I can deal with spelling and grammar issues fujiyamasan Jun 21 #35

Agree. I'm supposed to waste time watching linked videos orthoclad Jun 22 #42

I'm pretty selective with the videos I watch fujiyamasan Jun 22 #48

I enjoyed utube before google. orthoclad Jun 22 #59

That's pretty cool fujiyamasan Jun 22 #62

The typos don't bother me like the opaque titles GenThePerservering Jun 20 #19

Yeah. Clickbait. orthoclad Jun 20 #22

And, "TURN ON (whatever channel) RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!" Wednesdays Jun 20 #23

CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER, RIGHT FUCKING NOW!! madinmaryland Jun 20 #28

And the hyperbole. Disaffected Jun 20 #25

Heh. "Bombshell". orthoclad Jun 22 #43

"Changes Everything" Disaffected Jun 22 #44

Liberal blogger EVISCERATES Trump - President WEEPS on air mr715 Jun 22 #46

Is there a video? The Madcap Jun 22 #56

LIVE video unavailable despite INFLAMMATORY capitalization mr715 Jun 22 #57

A lot of times I try to cram my entire post into the subject line, if it's short. LOL Beartracks Jun 20 #29

Yes, they're a complete waste of time fujiyamasan Jun 22 #49

Not exactly smitten, more annoyed. nt Disaffected Jun 20 #26

It's the internet, sharing ideas quickly, shit happens. dem4decades Jun 20 #27

Does neatness count? H2O Man Jun 20 #30

Spill chick helps but it's not perfect. Norrrm Jun 20 #31

No data is better than bad data orthoclad Jun 22 #45

I'm on the dysgraphia spectrum. multigraincracker Jun 20 #32

Quilty as charged MustLoveBeagles Jun 20 #33

I see what you did there. Scrivener7 Jun 22 #39

Thank you but I'm not that clever MustLoveBeagles Jun 22 #47

Just you, I think canetoad Jun 20 #34

It isn't just you. Chemical Bill Jun 22 #36

I remember ads like this on the subway: F u cn rd ths, y cn bcm a sec.... IcyPeas Jun 22 #40

Be very careful. The Madcap Jun 22 #55

Well . . . hatrack Jun 22 #41

DU has posters with different levels of education malaise Jun 22 #50

I'm usually on the move and I post from my phone a lot. Initech Jun 22 #51

"THIS" Croney Jun 22 #52

I'm aging, too, but DFW Jun 22 #60

Mostly, I understand typo. mwmisses4289 Jun 22 #61

What really bugs this grumpy old timer Mysterian Jun 22 #63