Comments on: ENG 371WR: Writing for Nonreaders in the Postprint Era http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Chris Higgins http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876/comment-page-1#comment-138685 Chris Higgins Sat, 25 Apr 2009 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876#comment-138685 Adrienne - somebody needs a new job. :) Adrienne – somebody needs a new job. :)

]]> By: adrienne http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876/comment-page-1#comment-138415 adrienne Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:39:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876#comment-138415 I emailed a link to this piece on McSweeney's to a few coworkers (expecting them to see the humor, of course), and got a few confused replies asking a) what twitter is, b) if Timothy McSweeney is a famous person, and c) if I was going to write for nonreaders/"this Timothy McSweeney guy"/twitter. I didn't even try to explain it and decided not to talk about writing or social media with anyone at work. rC: instituted gluten I emailed a link to this piece on McSweeney’s to a few coworkers (expecting them to see the humor, of course), and got a few confused replies asking a) what twitter is, b) if Timothy McSweeney is a famous person, and c) if I was going to write for nonreaders/”this Timothy McSweeney guy”/twitter. I didn’t even try to explain it and decided not to talk about writing or social media with anyone at work.

rC: instituted gluten

]]> By: Ophelia http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876/comment-page-1#comment-138385 Ophelia Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:08:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876#comment-138385 I went to their site and read through the whole thing. The funniest part was the RBBEAW grading scale consisting of: A+ A A- A-- A--- A---- And what does RBBEAW stand for? Raised By Boomers, Everyone's A Winner. Classic! I went to their site and read through the whole thing. The funniest part was the RBBEAW grading scale consisting of:
A+
A
A-
A–
A—
A—-

And what does RBBEAW stand for? Raised By Boomers, Everyone’s A Winner.

Classic!

]]> By: Alanna http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876/comment-page-1#comment-138338 Alanna Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:48:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/24876#comment-138338 Very clever. Does it also have a section titled, "I Like Comma Splices, They're Totally Normal Now"? (The sudden dearth of conjunctions among friends and even the mass media is driving me CRAZY.) Very clever. Does it also have a section titled, “I Like Comma Splices, They’re Totally Normal Now”? (The sudden dearth of conjunctions among friends and even the mass media is driving me CRAZY.)

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