How long does it take you to create a unique post?

Simon · 2008-09-17, 02:51 PM

If you mean in the example post, I counted 23 exclamation points total. But I did count each individual one, so maybe it was only 14 sentences which ended with one or more of them. Either way, it was enough to get me to chime in right after UW first commented on it.

-- to get back on topic while also straying back off...

I'm not sure how long it took Lewis Thomas (American essayist 1913-93) to create his 'post' about this, quoted below, but I'd say it was time well-spent:

"Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is like being forced to watch someone else's small child jumping up and down crazily in the center of the living room shouting to attract attention. If a sentence really has something of importance to say, something quite remarkable, it doesn't need a mark to point it out. And if it is really, after all, a banal sentence needing more zing, the exclamation point simply emphasizes its banality!"

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Soooo (just wanted to get in on that)... I have nothing bad to say about the Bunny Ranch blog, it's just the punctuation marks themselves which inspire my ire.

My closing note is just that when referring to 'adult blogging' (which is *mostly* about making money) compared to what's been referred to already as 'true' blogging, the standard I believe we could all agree on is that the best adult blog would be the one which generates the most $$ per thousand visitors.

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2008-09-17, 02:51 PM	#26
Simon That which does not kill us, will try, try again. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Conch Republic Posts: 5,150	If you mean in the example post, I counted 23 exclamation points total. But I did count each individual one, so maybe it was only 14 sentences which ended with one or more of them. Either way, it was enough to get me to chime in right after UW first commented on it. -- to get back on topic while also straying back off... I'm not sure how long it took Lewis Thomas (American essayist 1913-93) to create his 'post' about this, quoted below, but I'd say it was time well-spent: "Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is like being forced to watch someone else's small child jumping up and down crazily in the center of the living room shouting to attract attention. If a sentence really has something of importance to say, something quite remarkable, it doesn't need a mark to point it out. And if it is really, after all, a banal sentence needing more zing, the exclamation point simply emphasizes its banality!" -- Soooo (just wanted to get in on that)... I have nothing bad to say about the Bunny Ranch blog, it's just the punctuation marks themselves which inspire my ire. My closing note is just that when referring to 'adult blogging' (which is mostly about making money) compared to what's been referred to already as 'true' blogging, the standard I believe we could all agree on is that the best adult blog would be the one which generates the most $$ per thousand visitors. . __________________ "If you're happy and you know it, think again." -- Guru Pitka