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OneMoreRobot3021


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NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET
#5489336 - 04/07/06 09:32 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Seriously.
Maybe 2 percent of people do.
It doesn't take much to break your report up into paragraphs!
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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rDr4g0n
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5490202 - 04/07/06 02:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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amen brother!
-------------------- i can speel... im just too lazy to sppelcheck. My first trip (good read) - Speed Leaching Poo! - My Second Trip (with art)
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Gomp
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5500185 - 04/10/06 03:09 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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amen!
Nice to have and print for "toilet" reading though.. :P
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rDr4g0n
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: Gomp]
#5500200 - 04/10/06 03:16 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
Gomp said: amen!
Nice to have and print for "toilet" reading though.. :P
there should be a trip report ebook that we can print out and put in the bathroom! "The Top 100 Shroomery Trip Reports of All Time!" now featuring Paragraphs!
-------------------- i can speel... im just too lazy to sppelcheck. My first trip (good read) - Speed Leaching Poo! - My Second Trip (with art)
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Simisu
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5500555 - 04/10/06 05:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Quote:
rDr4g0n said:
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Gomp said: amen!
Nice to have and print for "toilet" reading though.. :P
there should be a trip report ebook that we can print out and put in the bathroom! "The Top 100 Shroomery Trip Reports of All Time!" now featuring Paragraphs!
great idea!!!
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OneMoreRobot3021


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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: rDr4g0n]
#5502798 - 04/11/06 09:25 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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2nd Edition coming in 2007: New and improved Grammar!
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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HeadTripVertigo
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5606940 - 05/08/06 10:43 PM (17 years, 8 months ago) |
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maybe someone should start a thread wher everyone posts maybe 5 of their favorite trip reports, then do a poll of all suggestions and pick out the top 20 or so to be arranged in an awesome downloadable PDF with coloring/graphics added etc?
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SlapnutRob
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: HeadTripVertigo]
#5774214 - 06/20/06 09:25 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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I like to call them "rantagraphs."
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johnypotsmoker
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: SlapnutRob]
#5777166 - 06/21/06 04:52 PM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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man i hate it when people type that long shit
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Asante
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Re: NO ONE READS BIG BLOCK PARAGRAPHS ON THE INTERNET [Re: OneMoreRobot3021]
#5798521 - 06/28/06 06:26 AM (17 years, 7 months ago) |
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That's a fact, it's called "tombstoning" because of the fact that many tombstones contain the maximum of text on the minimum of area.
I think big posts are OK and make them myself, as well as being a writer, but even I can't stand the solid blocks of text.
As a shroomery mod I sometimes even edit a tombstoned post to introduce paragraphs if the text is worthwhile.
Paragraphs are the points where you give your readers a breather, for most a tombstoned writeup is like a long deep dive underwater which often ends prematurely with them thinking "fuck it" and hitting the Back button.
ON ANOTHER NOTE IT IS VERY ANNOYING IF SOMEONE WRITES ALL-CAPS. THE APPLE 2 ERA HAS PASSED AND NOW IT JUST LOOKS AS IF PEOPLE ARE SHOUTING AT YOU.
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Edited by Asante (06/28/06 06:27 AM)
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