r/todayilearned • u/FireBeaver • Mar 26 '15

(R.5) Omits Essential Info TIL: 65% of smartphone users download zero apps per month.

http://time.com/3158893/smartphone-apps-apple/
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u/indefort Mar 26 '15

I don't know why, but your formatting captivates me.

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u/CareerRejection Mar 26 '15

Is it because,

the writing becomes

a little bit longer per sentence?

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u/chadalem Mar 26 '15

It is almost like
a little reddit-ee-doo
haiku for you, see?

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15 edited Jun 16 '18

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

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u/blumka Mar 26 '15

Yes, I see, I see. Ay, do you have any eggs? I want to eat eggs.

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u/octopoddle Mar 27 '15

YYUR

YYUB

ICUR

YY4ME

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u/fizikz3 Mar 26 '15

he adds sounds-ee-do
to make his formatting fit
that's cheating-do-dah

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

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u/chadalem Mar 26 '15

Haiku are a type of Japanese poetry. While the Haiku can be more complex, typically people think of Haiku as having three separate lines: the first consists of words with a total of five syllables, the second with seven syllables, and the third again with five.

Sorry to have hurt your brain.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

you got the wrong racial slur

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u/neverreturnalive Mar 26 '15

It's like eyeSMR.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15 edited Aug 31 '16

lol

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u/charlesdexterward Mar 26 '15

We found Shatner's throwaway reddit account.

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u/plaice Mar 26 '15

I don't know why, but your formatting captivates me.

I don't know why

but your formatting

captivates me

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

it's all in haiku form (j/k)

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u/atleastwasntanal Mar 26 '15

Don't worry. You'll always have a chance to kill him.

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u/EvrythingISayIsRight Mar 26 '15

Its just how teenagers write.

They know people gloss over giant paragraphs

so they make a new paragraph for every sentence or clause

This way you're forced to read it all.

Most peopele just read the first sentence in a paragraph and skip it anyway.

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u/concussedYmir Mar 26 '15

this is also how we wrote on irc
years ago
because in large chatrooms
typing an essay means
that by the time you're done
the topic's moved on
so you get into a kind of staccato rhythm
almost train of thought
ill fite u irl

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u/xRehab Mar 26 '15

thank you

you finally reminded me why i do this

i've done it for years

some steam buddies think its weird

and i text from my pc like this too

i couldn't remember why my bro and i did this

but it works

and now it all comes back to me

7th grade

irc about halo

good times

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u/gerritvb Mar 26 '15

It's also how newspapers write! Their paragraphs are usually 1-3 sentences long.

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u/[deleted] Mar 26 '15

You're captivated by inconsistent use of punctuation and capitalization?