furrfu, the pace of modern life

[Adam Funk]

Where's the tl;dr version of this?

https://xkcd.com/1227/


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[Dr. HotSalt]

On Wednesday, June 19, 2013 1:44:15 AM UTC-7, Adam Funk wrote:
> Where's the tl;dr version of this?
>
> https://xkcd.com/1227/

Damfino, but the trend seems to have Official Sanction:

"Like a mouthy sidekick echoing his boss's one-liners from over his shoulder, the White House Twitter feed frequently tweets lines from President Obama's speeches as he delivers them. During a 59-minute speech the president delivered two weeks ago at National Defense University, the account posted 22 individual sentences. Most people tweet from their laptops or smartphones. Barack Obama tweets directly from his mouth.

"To be a human Twitter account, one must speak in phrases of 140 characters or fewer. In his speech two weeks ago, on the sobering subject of drone warfare and targeted assassinations, 71 percent of the president's sentences clocked in under this marker. The president's 2013 State of the Union address weighed in at 72 percent tweetable. In his commencement address to Morehouse College in mid-May, that figure was 82 percent."

http://news.yahoo.com/tweetability-widget-obama-speeches-222951406.html


Dr. HotSalt

[David DeLaney]

On 2013-06-19, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
> Where's the tl;dr version of this?
>
> https://xkcd.com/1227/

Words short. Art of communication should be long. Kids these days...
they don't bother memorizing the epic poems and Latin declensions, &
don't take the time to engrave their homework on stone for posterity
and they're RUDE. And you call that music? GET OFF MY LITERARY LAWN!

Dave, perfectly justified

PS: also check the mouseover text, from Mr. Kellogg, the inventor of graham
crackers, on the sanctity of mawwiage
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\/David DeLaney posting thru EarthLink - "It's not the pot that grows the flower
It's not the clock that slows the hour The definition's plain for anyone to see
Love is all it takes to make a family" - R&P. VISUALIZE HAPPYNET VRbeable<BLINK>
http://www.vic.com/~dbd/ - net.legends FAQ & Magic / I WUV you in all CAPS! --K.

[Adam Funk]

On 2013-06-19, David DeLaney wrote:

> On 2013-06-19, Adam Funk <a24...@ducksburg.com> wrote:
>> Where's the tl;dr version of this?
>>
>> https://xkcd.com/1227/
>
> Words short. Art of communication should be long. Kids these days...
> they don't bother memorizing the epic poems and Latin declensions, &
> don't take the time to engrave their homework on stone for posterity
> and they're RUDE. And you call that music? GET OFF MY LITERARY LAWN!
>
> Dave, perfectly justified

A remarkable feat, without any groffy spacing.


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