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13 years ago
No nothing witty about writing, mostly because I've realized most don't really give a fuck about poetry. No, I'm going to rant about the use of ellipses. This may be construed as grammar nazi-ism, but for the love of god, they are not to be used in succession. Nor are they two, six or four dots.
The first case is often miss-used by one of the newer incarnations of one of the old favorites. Persona. This game was great back in the ps1 era. Well, mostly because rpg's had taken a hit from all trying to be the next ff7. They failed more often than not surprisingly, and every bad game mechanic that they thought people liked as touted... crap its the same damn thing with world of warcraft. RPG's must have a big following of sheeple. I guess it makes me feel better that I dig for the gems in the rough. Anyway, back to my point persona 4 uses ellipses like they have some sort of interesting fetish for them. One ellipsis makes you sound, at best, like a captain Kirk aside speech. The others are just plain stupid. Almost every section of dialog is ended with them, then they are often pounded over your head in succession, as if they are trying to make the game longer just though adding them. Which it does. After awhile I was thinking of how much time they managed to waste making me read them. So, the one original ps1 rpg still around has succumbed to the banal with bland writing. One crocodile tear for that one.
The second instance has been something I've noticed more and more in advertising. One wonders how such misuse can make it past some editor that thinks: man more dots is sexy. This is a Toyota add on a billboard so I don't have a picture. Plus we have fun new laws where I live where they are almost to the point of banning smoking and driving. That's just asking for pissed off motorists trying to rush to work because their nic-fitting.
Art is well, not in the timetable. I got myself a new man and well I work 9 hour days ten on and four off and yeah, most of the rest of my time is with him or zoning out watching movies and sleeping. So life is simple and boring I guess.
The first case is often miss-used by one of the newer incarnations of one of the old favorites. Persona. This game was great back in the ps1 era. Well, mostly because rpg's had taken a hit from all trying to be the next ff7. They failed more often than not surprisingly, and every bad game mechanic that they thought people liked as touted... crap its the same damn thing with world of warcraft. RPG's must have a big following of sheeple. I guess it makes me feel better that I dig for the gems in the rough. Anyway, back to my point persona 4 uses ellipses like they have some sort of interesting fetish for them. One ellipsis makes you sound, at best, like a captain Kirk aside speech. The others are just plain stupid. Almost every section of dialog is ended with them, then they are often pounded over your head in succession, as if they are trying to make the game longer just though adding them. Which it does. After awhile I was thinking of how much time they managed to waste making me read them. So, the one original ps1 rpg still around has succumbed to the banal with bland writing. One crocodile tear for that one.
The second instance has been something I've noticed more and more in advertising. One wonders how such misuse can make it past some editor that thinks: man more dots is sexy. This is a Toyota add on a billboard so I don't have a picture. Plus we have fun new laws where I live where they are almost to the point of banning smoking and driving. That's just asking for pissed off motorists trying to rush to work because their nic-fitting.
Art is well, not in the timetable. I got myself a new man and well I work 9 hour days ten on and four off and yeah, most of the rest of my time is with him or zoning out watching movies and sleeping. So life is simple and boring I guess.
