Re:Ask HN: Hackers on Poetry
by unalone on Thursday July 24, 2008 @01:53AM
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The opposite sex represent a particular problem, I've found. I'm a writer primarily: my plan for a start-up is one that relies on writing, and I think that as much as I like designing sites, my skill currently lies far more in writing. Therefore, I can relate this particular paradox with some confidence:
If you read them poetry that ISN'T by you, they won't get it. Unless you explain it to them first.
If you read them poetry YOU wrote, it ONLY works if it's bad. The minute you write something decent, it doesn't interest them. This is because only in bad writing can you be as bland and generic as you need to be to woo women.
As for learning exercise: makes sense. You can also try writing them. Writing haiku makes for a FASCINATING mental exercise. There's so little room to work in, and so much you can do.
If you read them poetry that ISN'T by you, they won't get it. Unless you explain it to them first.
If you read them poetry YOU wrote, it ONLY works if it's bad. The minute you write something decent, it doesn't interest them. This is because only in bad writing can you be as bland and generic as you need to be to woo women.
As for learning exercise: makes sense. You can also try writing them. Writing haiku makes for a FASCINATING mental exercise. There's so little room to work in, and so much you can do.