BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text

Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by makmanalp on Thursday August 30, 2012 @09:50AM (#4454605)

You're just bitter that that era of philosopher in general used an artificially complicated writing style, complete with invented terminology, that borders bullshit :)

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Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by derrida on Thursday August 30, 2012 @10:12AM (#4454705)

I'm just pointing out it is broken.

Finnegan's Wake, Chapter 2, Book 1.

> Bullshit Index :0.11 Your text shows only a few indications of 'bullshit'-English.

definitely broken

Or perhaps it's a feature and it can pick out philosophical / artistic 'bullshit' from PR 'bullshit'.

Quote for people not familiar with 'Finnegan's Wake'

> And aroud the lawn the rann it rann and this is the rann that Hosty made. Spoken. Boyles and Cahills, Skerretts and Pritchards, viersefied and piersified may the treeth we tale of live in stoney. Here line the refrains of. Some vote him Vike, some mote him Mike, some dub him Llyn and Phin while others hail him Lug Bug Dan Lop, Lex, Lax, Gunne or Guinn. Some apt him Arth, some bapt him Barth, Coll, Noll, Soll, Will, Weel, Wall but I parse him Persse O'Reilly else he's called no name at all. To- gether. Arrah, leave it to Hosty, frosty Hosty, leave it to Hosty for he's the mann to rhyme the rann, the rann, the rann, the king of all ranns. Have you here? (Some ha) Have we where? (Some hant) Have you hered? (Others do) Have we whered (Others dont) It's cumming, it's brumming! The clip, the clop! (All cla) Glass crash. The(klikkaklakkaklaskaklopatzklatschabattacreppycrotty- graddaghsemmihsammihnouithappluddyappladdypkonpkot!)

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Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by shardling on Thursday August 30, 2012 @10:39AM (#4454846)

You have a weird definition of 'bullshit' if you think that counts.

Anyway, I'd assume it's looking for certain 'filler' words and phrases that get used a lot when writing BS.

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Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by derrida on Thursday August 30, 2012 @11:19AM (#4455013)

"Bullshit" is a word I'd use to describe Finnegan's Wake, but it certainly is valuable & extremely beautiful bullshit.

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Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by nik_0_0 on Thursday August 30, 2012 @02:02PM (#4455880)

I believe there may be a line drawn between "bullshit" and "nonsense" :)

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Re:BlaBlaMeter detects how much bullshit is in your text by egypturnash on Thursday August 30, 2012 @12:40PM (#4455450)

Man, that is so much better if you read it aloud.

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