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| adjl 09/18/18 12:23:47 PM #23: | Kyuubi4269 posted... Oh yes, you have to be a genius to read though excessively verbose and very repetitive articles made to hit word counts. Only a genius can handle that level of dumbf***ery. You don't, but you do have to be reasonably intelligent to be able to skim them and understand the key points in a timely fashion. That article really isn't that long, nor is it overly repetitive, but it does include some background to contextualize the news, which can be filtered out if you know how to read efficiently. Kyuubi4269 posted... If a 5000 character essay can be summed up in 13 words, it further reinforces my point. That doesn't really reinforce any point you're trying to make. Almost anything can be paraphrased to that degree if you take out all of the supporting details. Full articles exist to provide a complete story; it's almost always true (with decent writing) that you can understand the main points just from reading the headline and the first paragraph or two, and this is no exception. --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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