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Palin Twitters: The Return of 'Death Panels'

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Jaerik12/22/2009 3:52:13 pm PST

re: #12 EmmmieG

I think I’m the wrong generation. I just can’t take a twitter written in text language seriously.

I’m a millennial, and I can’t deal with it either. I understand that it’s faster, but if you can’t take the extra half a second to write “any” instead of “ne,” why should I take the extra time figuring out what the hell you just said?

It’s a respect thing. You should write with the assumption that your readers’ time is more important than yours.

If you want people to spend precious brain cycles actually mulling over what you said, then try to express it in a way that isn’t a chore to parse. Otherwise, you’re not a precious snowflake — why should we listen to you?