Don't feed the trolls agerdemon...Well, at least not unless you find humor in it. Besides, his post is so ridiculous it's either incredibly witty commentary on the people in the thread or a very, very stupid person. I almost hope it's the former.
To SloughFeg, I'll agree to disagree when a certain someone decides to read what I've written in its entirety. Since that has yet to happen I intend to keep on a goin'.
Terra, that was going out to everyone other than you. I thought that was fairly clear, but I suppose I need to explain everything to you.
Yes, yes those words do strictly adhere to what's in the dictionary. If they didn't they'd have slang uses...They don't.
It...Did you even read the definition of punchy? I even included it for you terminally lazy people who can't seem to look things up. A writing cannot be "too" punchy. That defies logic. Once again you've yet to actually read what I've written, or in this case what Miriam-Webster has written.
Uh huh. Sure it is. You keep on trucking and think whatever you want to think. If you keep banging your head against that wall of reason you may just topple it one day. The term "suspension of disbelief" exists specifically to describe both the inherent fantastic elements in a work and the point at which a work goes beyond what it's established as the limits of it's reality. If you prefer, I could always say MGS "jumped the shark" to a certain extent. Or "nuked the fridge". I like that one because it involved an atomic bomb.
Semantics, eh? My insistence that you not sound like an idiot when writing is semantics?...Yeah, it is to a certain extent, but if you can't use a word properly, avoid it. Your point becomes muddled amidst all the terrible misuses. I can't be bothered to figure out which words you're using correctly/incorrectly. If you've got a point to make, make it without relying on other people to wade through your stupidity. I may be a rant 'o matic, but at least my points are clear and easy to follow. Hence the numbered lists I was using for a little while. It didn't get any easier than that, and yet you proclaim to not be able to follow my statements. What's more clear and concise than an itemized list?
And as I said, I won't be doing that summation until you can get off your ass and actually read through a whole statement. I find it hard to believe you can understand Kojimas writing but get lost in my little rants. Either you can't have understood Kojima or you're being purposefully obtuse.
Oh, and as for OCD "a person who shows signs of infatuation or fixation with a subject/object, or displays traits such as perfectionism, does not necessarily have OCD, a specific and well-defined condition." I've let some of your terrible language skills slide, I just focus on the ones that are integral to your "points" such as "punchy" and "dry" writing. See, this is why I opted not to go into this. To differentiate between anal and OCD, you need a grasp of subtlety which you lack in the extreme. That aside, I'm merely being insistent, a time honored debating method.
Oh, and nice little reference there. Perhaps we shall talk of the Sun Crusher as well, and the Kessel Run in which smugglers attempt to ferry illegal goods while vying for the fastest time. Perhaps I shall go read of Vuffi-Ra and his space faring people...You've already illustrated you know jack about the expanded universe. You can give it up now.
