• Steeve@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    What are you using; notepad?

    (I don’t know what semicolons are for in English)

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        1 year ago

        Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.

        • Kurt Vonnegut
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          1 year ago

          Unpopular opinion: I dislike Vonnegut and his particular brand of snark. His anti-intellectualism drives me mad.

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      1 year ago

      They are for pedantic literature people to argue about, duh.