Can I say something?

[thebitterguy]

Just that E-Prime has gotta be one of the dumbest ways in the universe to communicate? Or, repeating that in 'stupdese', E-Primg causes my brain to hurt when I think of how dumb it appears to be on holiday at the beach.

Okay, in theory, it's an interesting idea (many things are; trepanation seems like an interesting idea, especially if you have extraterrestrial insects possessing you. I ain't gonna do that either), but the idea of using it to write, well, anything seems simple an exercise in self-mutilation.

Absolute clarity is useful (or rather, some people find that clarity in writing has a greater level of utility for them, or did I make that sentence too easy to understand?), sure, but too inefficient, especially when you're trying to express a simple idea. Water is wet? Are you SURE? Damn fucking RIGHT I'm sure. Academic fooferah, while useful for some purpose (I presume) just becomes sand in the engine of humanity once you pass into mondus realicus.

Ah, I'm just cranky. Happy labour day.

Just don't try to write reviews using it. That's REALLY stupid.

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[thebitterguy]

Oh, definitely. A review is a piece of descriptive writing. Describing something without using the EP Forbidden words is just, well, dumb. Although, sure, you have to get creative ("John's writing is boring" vs "John's writing plods across the page like a three toed sloth on its last legs"), it goes agaist my journalistic instincts for clarity and brevity.