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    242 years ago

    I get so caught up in making sure my meaning can’t possibly be misinterpreted that I get lost on my way to the point. I guess I don’t want to be a cherry-picked example of somebody being stupid on the Internet.

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      202 years ago

      Write something with specificity to avoid attacks on a general statement and nobody reads it because it’s TL;DR.

      Write something general and brief and you get attacked for lack of specificity with people naming exceptions.

      Can’t fucking win.

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      12 years ago

      If it makes you feel any better, just know that journalism is based on cherry picked stuff because that’s the only way they’re able to live nowadays

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        2 years ago

        Well, that’s the only way we have ever lived. Specifically cherry picking stuff that could potentially kill us. Ipso facto; if it bleeds it leads

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      Thing is you might need to reframe something for someone to understand it better. But then you’re not expressing your original interpretation of a concept but a slightly modified one. Yet we are expected to believe we are both somehow closer to comprehension…
      What are words even good for?!