I'm a College Professor Who Faked Dissertation Data on the Side

Re:I'm a College Professor Who Faked Dissertation Data on th... by Legogris on Friday August 02, 2019 @12:23PM (#20594233)

Personally I abhor the trend of needing to create a complete personal story out of every experience. I am not interested in several paragraphs of where the author happens to be in life, how their morning went and all their personal relationships and thoughts where I am really interested in the topic they're supposed to be talking about.

I read to expand my views, not to feel artificially connected to whomever the author is.

I prefer the writing style in this piece over most articles on Vice, TBH.

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Re:I'm a College Professor Who Faked Dissertation Data on th... by homonculus1 on Friday August 02, 2019 @02:34PM (#20595418)

I too hate long-form writing, I cannot bear to read it ever ever ever. If you need to flex your imagery chops on the reader that badly then write fiction, otherwise get to the damn point!

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Re:I'm a College Professor Who Faked Dissertation Data on th... by tasubotadas on Friday August 02, 2019 @06:13PM (#20597064)

"It was an early Sunday morning when I've first met X while he was holding his hand full of bagels. Only later that day I would learn that it was actually for his dog as he is a big and naughty fan of them"

Articles that start like this make me puke. Go and write a book if you want to be a writer.

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