Reply With QuoteActually, that writer sounds like he fell face-first into a thesaurus.Originally Posted by Ought Six
Terrible.
American self-delusion defined
I saw this article posted on NorthwestFirearms.com, with this paragraph highlighted:Eloquently stated, indeed.
Americans in particular are prone to reactionary dismissal when exposed to facts that disrupt their misconceptions. Our culture has experienced a particularly prosperous age, not necessarily free from all trouble, but generally spared from widespread mass tragedy for a generous length of time. This tends to breed within societies an overt and unreasonable expectation of ease. It generates apathy, and laziness. A crushing blubberous slothful cynicism subservient to the establishment and the status quo. Even the most striking of truths struggle to penetrate this smoky forcefield of duplicitous funk.
Actually, that writer sounds like he fell face-first into a thesaurus.
Terrible.
^^^ Exactly.
What does this even mean?A crushing blubberous slothful cynicism subservient to the establishment and the status quo.
Lazy ****ers are afraid of change?
At least he put in the right place. OT&H
If words of more than two syllables scare you, there is plenty of other threads here that will fit nicely within those limitations.
And then we have the obligatory beNder troll....
Longer words have a purpose and when used well they're effective. Chaining them together without any punctuation for the sake of appearing intelligent and/or insightful is not the way to use them though.
I do not feel that was the case here. What he said makes perfect sense, whether you like his style or not. But it seems everyone is more interested in style than content. I guess that is the norm these days. (not aimed at you, C).
It would be more credible with punctuation.
clean writes better than this.Even the most striking of truths struggle to penetrate this smoky forcefield of duplicitous funk.
Most of the article is reasonably written. The last two sentences however, are outragouesly overburdened with superfluous, impressive sounding, vocabulary.
Hey look, I can do it too
Look Ought Six, a shiny ball!If words of more than two syllables scare you, there is plenty of other threads here that will fit nicely within those limitations.
And then we have the obligatory beNder troll....
You have to hold it up to a mirror.
Okay, but what did you think of his premise? Further, do you think it apples to the rest of the industrialized world?Most of the article is reasonably written. The last two sentences however, are outragouesly overburdened with superfluous, impressive sounding, vocabulary.
Hey look, I can do it too
Look, a problem striving to solve itself!
If I was to take a stab at decoding this mumbo-jumbo, I'd guess that he's saying you're a whiner an a POS if you complain that despite decades of rising productivity and profits you find that you now have to work two jobs to barely stay afloat.
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