The $20 Theory of the Universe

Re:The $20 Theory of the Universe by jwesley on Friday January 02, 2009 @11:44PM (#418123)

How do you say "Tip people $20 and they will sometimes give you what you want." in 2000 words or more?

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Re:The $20 Theory of the Universe by jackowayed on Saturday January 03, 2009 @12:30AM (#418159)

There's a fine line between good writing and verbose writing.

I'm taking a writing class right now, and they really stress that real-world examples explain your argument better and make the writing more interesting, and I think that's actually true.

That said, giving too many examples makes it too long to be worth people's time and/or bores them with too many examples that are too similar.

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Re:The $20 Theory of the Universe by tptacek on Saturday January 03, 2009 @12:03AM (#418132)

Probably by giving specific examples of all the places you tried to do it over a week in New York.

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