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Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by steveklabnik on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:21PM (#2017834)
Looks awesome guys, congrats! One small bit of feedback: I had a really, really hard time parsing this sentence:

> Activate some you time, fit in some fu time

By the time I got to the comma, my brain was totally halted.

Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by chime on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:23PM (#2017846)
Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by smalter on Friday December 17, 2010 @08:44PM (#2018634)
no, i don't think it's a garden path sentence, because prior to the comma, it's just gibberish. a garden path sentence leads you down one path of meaning before turning the tables on you. it's quite possible that i'm being pedantic or just wrong, but i think the op's point stands: it's badly written copy and needs to be changed. it can't be justified as a poetic device.
Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by JoeCortopassi on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:46PM (#2017962)
Apostrophes around 'you' and 'fu' would do alot for clarity
Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by chrischen on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:52PM (#2017985)
Or bolding "you" and "fu."
Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by delano on Friday December 17, 2010 @05:05PM (#2018035)
Dashes are the cleanest and most portable solution to this problem.

Activate some you-time, fit in some fu-time.

Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by JofArnold on Friday December 17, 2010 @05:26PM (#2018126)
Agreed - I like that. Thanks. That also solve the problem of not being able to use italic to highlight the "fu" in plain-text cases.
Re:FitFu (YC W11): Stay active anywhere by zach on Friday December 17, 2010 @04:52PM (#2017988)
Activate some you time for great good!