Are you asking why the author chose not to include one?

The context would have helped immensely. Instead I had to read the first half of the article again after I finished.

The author captures the essence of the vapid absurdism permeating social media, and our culture more broadly.

Some people write to communicate, others to show off their linguistic skills.

Nethercutt, whether he knows it or not, is the latter.

(There are people who can do both. Wendell Berry comes to mind. His essays have been compared to "fine whiskey for the mind.")

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