- Aug 24, 2020
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Working age = low tolerance.
Retired = high tolerance. (Unless impatient, in which case zero tolerance).
Less is more.
Retired = high tolerance. (Unless impatient, in which case zero tolerance).
Less is more.
That’s right, make it all about youI have made a conscious effort to be more succinct lately owing to the griping and snide comments (and the funny TL-DR quips from one or two - point taken). Sometimes more words are needed for clarity. If the OP and others are troubled by this, don't read the post
(I am aware that another verbose poster is, like me, on tha autism spectrum meaning we often fail to take into account the extent to which leisurely clarification is counter productive. This is not 'self importance'. It is in fact the opposite, a desire to be clear and not mislead. A kindness in fact. So the OP has rather annoyed me with the snide comments and I shall therefore invite him to f*** Off)
One of my colleagues prefaces a long reply with "I don't have the time to be succinct"I would read a longer post on occasion if it’s well written and it seems as if the poster is sensible and seems to know what they’re talking about. You can usually tell fairly soon.
otherwise. 2 or 3 paragraphs.
i think it was Oscar Wilde who once said (or rather wrote) ”l’m sending you a long letter because I haven’t got time to write a short one. I often try to edit things I write myself.
Other verbose posters are availableThat’s right, make it all about you![]()
You weren't the poster that immediately sprung to mind for me (sorry if you're disappointedBut it was me, though, wasn't it, though?
(I have already apologised for being pissy, and explained why I was, so we should be able to leave it there, OK?)
Unfortunately tho, to the skim reader, your new word reads like sphincterSorry to have a mild pop at you @Simster. I am trying to be succincter. I even invented a new word, just there, to save a word.![]()
Interesting thread.How long does a post have to be on here before you just decide not to bother reading it? I don't mean a quote from an external article, I mean pure unadulterated opinion. For me it does depend on the poster in question but as a rule of thumb I'd say that anything more than say 7 or 8 sentences.
I'm sure everyone is different on this, but there are surely a couple of posters on here who are clearly blissfully unaware of this unspoken tolerance. Those people probably need to realise that essays don't really ever get read even if they are agreeable and well constructed, and in fact they are counterproductive as they make that poster look horrifically self-important and arrogant, that people care so much what they think that they are going to read their chapter of War & Peace.
So this isn't a go at anyone in particular, I'm just wondering what individual tolerances are. I would say that the length of this post is slightly under my own personal tolderance.
BrilliantUnfortunately tho, to the skim reader, your new word reads like sphincter
Depends on the subject matter more than the length but more than three paragraphs and I’ll probably give up. Self important twats![]()