Are you familiar with the phase "brevity is the wit of the soul?"
No. I
have heard the phrase “brevity is the soul of wit” because
I read Hamlet as a teenager. And then a bunch of the TES retards I was arguing with proceeded to quote it at me,
ad nauseum.
While brevity is important, sometimes you cannot fit everything into a single paragraph. This is
especially true when you’re
quoting evidence, which I was. I quoted Trump to these people and even sourced where he said each particular statement. Me saying “Trump demonstrated knowledge of the Democrats unseemly behaviour” clearly wasn’t working, so I had to spell it the fuck out. And then they hit me with the midwit’s version of TLDR.
They won’t accept arguments that are brief and to the point, so anyone trying to address them properly has to substantiate each and every claim. Then, when that is done, they dismiss what is presented as mere rambling. My
first post in that thread was a paragraph. My posts grew longer as people asked me to substantiate what I was saying. But I guess “brevity is the wit of the soul”, and I should have just repeated my original sentence, right?
Or in the words of Terry Davis, "An idiot admires complexity, a genius admires simplicity."
Explain what is complex about something that is long. I can assure you that there are many
short pieces of poetry infinitely more complex than the longest dictionaries - books with an extremely simple conceit. And this makes sense given that Terry was a
programmer.
Terry, as a programmer, understood that the most elegant mathematical proofs were the simplest. The more modifications, unnecessary loops and convoluted logic - that is,
complexity - in something, the more processing power the computer would need. If you wanted to make something that the computer could easily work through, then you could get more
bang (output) for your buck (processing power). You can make a simple program that is many lines of code long, depending on the project. You can fit a pretty complex video game onto a cartidge.
Something can be longer than a paragraph but still succinct in what it is trying to achieve. Something can be simple despite its length because there is focus in the writing.
The Fly is
not a
short film, but it is extremely efficient as a movie relative to
other genre films.
Libs aren't going to get through to people by being condescending about their intellect
I’m not a lib.
Simple words, and arguments, often come off as modest and relatable to the average person.
A simple argument may take awhile to articulate
because you’re using simple words and explaining each facet of the argument
slowly.
The issue is that Trump's love of McDonalds and how he could easily be bribed, make it hard to take his and RFK's efforts seriously because I really don't think all the big processed food companies that have billions behind them won't try and flatter Trump away from it.
You’re probably right. I’d like to hope that some market competition between the various factions of the food industry would lead to
some positive changes… but I’m not holding my breath.
It’s sad because the data is there - the
European Union has pretty
high standards for
consumer safety. They have some of the
best guidelines, research, data, and policy suggestions. They’re considered some of (if not
the best) in the world. It would be
so easy to just copypaste what other countries have done and
instantly make America safer.
Even the state of
California has gone on ahead and chosen to put labels on products containing certain chemicals. They have some of
the most stringent consumer protection laws in the US. I think California is where there was a successful lawsuit against a brand of
mac’n’cheese for falsely labelling it’s ingredients as organic.
(Okay, it turns out it was California, New York, and Illinois.)
It was certainly not a guided tour. Why do you retards keep saying that? I know you're embarrassed that your fellow QAnoners threw a tantrum when your waifu lost, but to say that it was a "guided tour" is the height of cringe. They went on a rampage trying to stop the certification of your waifu's election loss..
Stop being so cringe and get a grip on reality, dude
Wow. That’s a lot of assumptions. You and the guy who called me a lib should hit each other up. And, like, wouldn’t a male presidential candidate be a “husbando”, and not a “waifu”?
If I’m so
obviously wrong, then why are you wasting your time with these tired
ad hominems? You notice how a lot of what I say has links? Yeah, it’s because substantiating your claims should be easy if you’re not talking out your ass.