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Re:An interview with Paul Graham on writing by ryanmercer on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @08:24AM (#22412962)
Not verbose: "The guy uses lots of words to sound smart"

Verbose: "In an egregious attempt to elevate his self-worth, he injects his exchanges with an innumerable avalanche of superfluous idioms and turns of phrase to explain what otherwise would be simple statements capable of understanding by even groundlings, who for the most part are capable of nothing but inexplicable dumb-shows and noise."

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Re:An interview with Paul Graham on writing by Carpetsmoker on Tuesday February 25, 2020 @09:37PM (#22419766)
Oh yeah, sometimes people confuse length with ... all sorts of things.

Actually, I used to think that in order for a weblog post to be worth it, it has to be "of substance", and thus "of length". Clearly those are not the same, but luckily I have corrected my thinking in this regard :-)

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