Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs

Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs by zabzonk on Sunday April 30, 2023 @08:59AM (#35762134)

john lennon once said "never use 'just' in a lyric - it's lazy" (i paraphrase) and i think he might have had simmilar opinions on such things as "trivial". sadly, we will never know.

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Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs by lowercased on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:35AM (#35763537)

* He used 'trivialities' in a song.

* "(Just like) Starting Over" has 'just' in the title and lyrics.

* "Just" gimme some truth.

* "I'm just a jealous guy"

Rules are meant to be broken, perhaps? Or maybe he would just cop to being lazy?

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Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs by whstl on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:37AM (#35763559)

Yep.

And paraphrasing: Imagine there's no absolutes. It's easy if you try.

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Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs by zabzonk on Sunday April 30, 2023 @11:47AM (#35763675)

> Rules are meant to be broken, perhaps? Or maybe he would just cop to being lazy?

both?

the quote i paraphrased was from hunter davies' authorised biog of the beatles

but i still think it is a good rule

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Re:Just Simply – Stop saying how simple things are in our docs by lowercased on Monday May 01, 2023 @10:16AM (#35773084)

i don't completely disagree. I wonder how much of that was a flippant remark, how much his own views changed in the intervening years.

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