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Rain6637
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Posted - 2014.08.07 07:12:00 -
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in some environments it gets you a high score
my english prof loved it. you can only prove one, maybe two things in a writing assignment with research before it becomes unwieldy... so a word count, to me, is a measure of how spergy he wanted me to get about two or three main points.
he also disliked the form of a five paragraph essay, so I broke it up with some next-level sperg.
sperg. it gets you an A. also great for online articles (make it about an EVE game mechanic. people will love it). President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub | Rainfleet on Twitch | Twitter | Rainfleet mk.III | Imgur |
Ria Nieyli
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Posted - 2014.08.07 07:14:00 -
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I feel this term is mislabeled. It's usually nt people that "sperg". Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
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Derrick Miles
EVENumbers
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Posted - 2014.08.07 07:18:00 -
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I came to this thread hoping for a whole different kind of activity. |
Rain6637
Team Evil
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Posted - 2014.08.07 07:18:00 -
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you hoped for splooging? President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub | Rainfleet on Twitch | Twitter | Rainfleet mk.III | Imgur |
Ria Nieyli
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Posted - 2014.08.07 15:27:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:the benefit of true sperg are the unconventional mental connections. people appreciate that.
They don't.
They wallow in their pitiful mediocricity, unable to accept anything that transcends their viewpoint. Do not remove a fly from your friend's forehead with a hatchet.
- Ancient Chinese Proverb |
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.08.07 16:04:00 -
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In legal writing, there's something similar that's called "taking the reader down the bunny trail." Here's how it works:
1) You present some conclusion of yours as if it were a plain fact. In the reader's mind, your conclusion might be debatable. There might be another way of looking at the situation, and arriving at a different conclusion. But before he can formulate that little doubt into something definite, you...
2) Leap directly into a dramatic next sentence that grabs the readers attention and makes her temporarily put that little doubt on hold.
3) Now, present a fairly complex sentence with lots of clauses and commas. It leads to yet another conclusion of yours-- and it's based on the first conclusion being a fact.
4) Repeat steps 2) and 3), the dramatic distracting statement, followed by the complicated logic statement.
5) Keep doing it that way until you've lead the reader down the bunny trail to exactly where you want him to be. Wrap up with an ending that simplifies everything you said into a nice, tidy, "all-questions-have-addressed and resolved" conclusion. And then say "Thank you for your attention, now your next step is to go ahead and do what I requested."
Basically, it's like a complicated flow chart, but anywhere there should have been a decision box, you erased the decision you didn't want. Surprisingly, the bunny trail technique almost always works. The reader may have a vague sense that they missed something along the way. But he probably didn't mentally bookmark that crucial point where the logic started heading down one path, without addressing the possible alternative path.
Evil? Yes. But not illegal or unethical, under the U.S. adversarial legal system, at least. You didn't misrepresent any facts or misstate any law-- you just didn't let the reader consider anything you didn't want him to consider.
Anyway, on the topic of essay-writing, here's a classic by a U.S. Army enlisted guy. He had to write it for Re-enforcement by Indorsement (RBI) discipline. "Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006) |
Nose' Feliciano
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Posted - 2014.08.08 15:40:00 -
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Sperging = online rant generator
They both make about as much sense. Remodeled Crane Concept
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Feanira Darr
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2014.08.08 20:38:00 -
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I had to look up sperging in urban dictionary. was ok with the label. "Tibus Heth could also benefit from working 'The Plan'." -DMC |
Rain6637
Team Evil
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Posted - 2014.08.08 23:31:00 -
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just checking: sperging is pronounced with a hard g? President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub | Rainfleet on Twitch | Twitter | Rainfleet mk.III | Imgur |
Valerie Tessel
Center for Advanced Studies Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2014.08.09 00:46:00 -
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Rain6637 wrote:just checking: sperging is pronounced with a hard g? Yes... Because it is a derogatory term for behavior associated with Asperger's syndrome.
Also, aim for a high score with this tool: http://www.blablameter.com/index.php Support Aegis Destroyers: https://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=97610 |
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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
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Posted - 2014.08.09 04:04:00 -
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It's probably not a good term to turn into a catchall meme. Way too simplistic and just not even close to reality. OP didn't mean it that way though at all I think though. He was talking about a stylistic approach to writing expression. Know what I mean? "Were [sic] not your monkey and so what?"-á -The Sex Pistols (2006) |
Rain6637
Team Evil
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Posted - 2014.08.09 04:24:00 -
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confirming i'm a spergling
I will ling rush u President of the Commissar Kate Fanclub | Rainfleet on Twitch | Twitter | Rainfleet mk.III | Imgur |
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