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there is always one asshole

FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
edited September 2011 in Social Entropy++
So I'm taking this class where we have to read early english writing and yak yak yak write essays on them

we have to peer review other people's writing

and i came across what may be the worst essay and most incredible example of autism working it's way like some vile tapeworm into every aspect of a man's life i've ever seen

without further ado, here's something that gave me an anyeurism. my peer review comments are in parenthesis
Barry fucknut aspergers jerk
B.B.B.
ENG 241
September 14, 2011

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Eleven (It’s actually the year of the rabbit. Please change your title to reflect that.)
I have no idea what the following pages will entail or what may or may not unfold insomuch as what is expected with regards to this, our first short essay, frankly lacks some structure and detail. It is already palpably clear that the majority of the class has adopted the plan of simply choosing one piece from the prior readings to analyze. Did we thoroughly read, not only the instructions for said assignment kids, but also it may behoove you to peruse the rubric that will be used to pull our essays apart like a plucked chicken. Merely food for thought, we still have until Monday at midnight. Forgive me if dumbing my essay down to one passage at no point occurred to me as a collegiate game plan, but god speed to those of you who are unable to extrapolate themes from across the readings thus far analyzing them as a whole. That being said let us dive right into some dissection and get our hands dirty without any further ado.

(This first paragraph unnecessary, not relevant to the assignment, and pretty condescending – it should be removed. Also, you use palpably wrong. In particular, the first sentence is not acceptable. I mean, really, the whole paragraph isn’t, but that sentence is strikingly out of tune with an academic tone – as are metaphors and fragments like “plucked chicken” and your veiled references to the incompetence of the rest of the class.)

These brave pioneers and early Americans were performing an invaluable service for their British and European backers resting safely across the “pond” out of harm’s way by documenting the happenings so that they would be in the know when the time came to betray them. Perhaps Columbus’ accounts were sensationalized, but with good reason. Given what had to be a huge bill that Columbus’ three-silly-named-ship expeditions incurred, the least he could do was offer up some interesting reading to the King and Queen of Spain. He was particularly considerate of their entertainment level when he plied them with some humor in explaining some of the bartering they engaged in with the natives via paltry “bits of glass, broken cups, and fragments of earthenware.” (Columbus, 139) Now there is a guy I might trust with power of attorney.

(You may want to remove the last sentence; it’s a subjective and irrelevant statement. In addition, you may not want to include other such subjective bits of rhetoric, like referring to his ship names as “silly”. This is not consistent with academic style. Your citations are also technically incorrect.)

Now we will look to the most damning of all recurring themes which rears its ugly head throughout the aforementioned excerpts, perhaps you missed it, it can be quite subtle. Literature of this particular period in time is steeped in all things God and incidentally often brimming with misspelled prose. One might well think that if a person is truly pious in all things that God would intervene and guide their pen to greatness. Why were these eastern hemisphere settlers so content in their intent to convert those they encountered, as a result of their expeditions, to Christianity? A person, regardless of gender, would no doubt have to be both physically and mentally strong to begin life anew by hacking it out of a harsh and unforgiving wilderness; this would only be made exponentially more difficult given their devotion to and dependency upon an aloof entity known as God. Given the way the natives lived very much in harmony with the land, is it not safe to say that they had more spirituality in their little finger than did their long winded uninvited guests?

(The last two sentences in this paragraph are highly subjective and not necessary. In an academic environment, conclusions should be drawn from text and supplementary materials rather then individual viewpoints on nebulous subjects like religion and spirituality, which cannot be objectively or numerically expressed. In general, it’s a bad idea to pepper your writing with sweeping generalizations that cannot be in any way substantiated.)

Did all that religion get them to the hilltop that prose professional, biblically verbose Winthrop so eloquently dangled before his minions like manna? Actually, all that piety did them one better. It took them past the hilltop all the way to Mount Holly where “their Neighbours Sheep dance in an uncommon Manner, and with causing Hogs to speak, and sing Psalms”. (Franklin, 846) Sounds to me like the Sesame Street of colonies. Please do not even bother telling me how to get to Mount Holly; I would not go there if I knew the way. Moreover, I am not sure why the Motherland was so bent out of shape over the writings of the likes of Paine and Adams. It might have been prudent to simply back slowly out of the bar.

(A few closing points. For one, I have no real idea what you’re trying to get at with this paper. Secondly, while your clear mastery of the English language is incredibly impressive – I’m floored – the format and content of this paper are neither academic nor, in the case of the first and last paragraphs, appropriate. Please revise and dispense with the condescending attitude in the future.)

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    didn't get past the first sentence

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    just keep going

    it gets worse

    and i thought i was a pretentious cocksucker

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    HEY TEACHER ME SMART LOVE ME.

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    whew, still got one asshole. here i was thinking i might have had two!

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    You only have one asshole?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    Anjin-San wrote:
    whew, still got one asshole. here i was thinking i might have had two!

    you got three

    one is on YO FACE cus SHIT COMES OUTTA IT WHEN YOU TALK

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  • TonkkaTonkka Some one in the club tonight Has stolen my ideas.Registered User regular
    Hee hee "pretentious cocksucker".

    "Oh that cock? Not in my mouth."

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  • TheStigTheStig Registered User regular
    i once peer reviewed a paper by a 17 year old creationist whose only reference was Kent Hovind

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    nothing is worse than peer review

  • KakodaimonosKakodaimonos Code fondler Helping the 1% get richerRegistered User regular
    It's great when you can fire fuckers like that. They come in and are all "But, but, but, I'm smarter than everyone else here and I know more about statistics and all you need to know is the math."

    No, you're still an asshole and no one wants to work with you or have you on their trading desk. Get the hell out of here.

  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    It's great when you can fire fuckers like that. They come in and are all "But, but, but, I'm smarter than everyone else here and I know more about statistics and all you need to know is the math."

    No, you're still an asshole and no one wants to work with you or have you on their trading desk. Get the hell out of here.

    i tried to achieve a balance between "fuck you jerk" and mantaining a facade of academic legitimacy

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  • KakodaimonosKakodaimonos Code fondler Helping the 1% get richerRegistered User regular
    edited September 2011
    That essay was very "Buckley-esque". Except William Buckley actually uses the big words in the proper places and at the proper time.

    Edit: Posting issues.

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  • PeccaviPeccavi Registered User regular
    Did we thoroughly read, not only the instructions for said assignment kids, but also it may behoove you to peruse the rubric that will be used to pull our essays apart like a plucked chicken.

    The fuck?

  • ceresceres When the last moon is cast over the last star of morning And the future has past without even a last desperate warningRegistered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    It's something of a pet peeve of mine when people think they are owed right to be assholes because they're smarter than someone else.

    And it seems like all is dying, and would leave the world to mourn
  • KetBraKetBra Dressed Ridiculously Registered User regular
    There can be only one

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  • StericaSterica Yes Registered User, Moderator mod
    There must always be

    an asshole

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  • thorgotthorgot there is special providence in the fall of a sparrowRegistered User regular
    there are always two

    the master and the asshole

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    ceres wrote:
    It's something of a pet peeve of mine when people think they are owed right to be assholes because they're smarter than someone else.

    me too

    i mean, it's not as if the rest of these people are stellar writers but man at least they're not insufferably autistic lunatics

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  • BlueBlueBlueBlue Registered User regular
    heh heh autism

    zing

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    this guy breezed through high school because his teachers didn't give a shit

    and so he thinks the rest of his life will be this way

    watching the falling faces of kids like this as the first exams/papers are handed back in a class is a private treasure

    it's like they smug smug smug about their flower that's gonna bloom and when it does it's full of ants and they crawl up the guy's arm and eat his eyes

  • The Black HunterThe Black Hunter The key is a minimum of compromise, and a simple, unimpeachable reason to existRegistered User regular
    What year of University is this prick?

    His paper contained nothing but poorly formed "big boy" sentences and asswind.

    I used to write slightly like this, but I was at least attempting to be on point and informative. My teacher said "the idea is that the maximum number of people should be able to understand your work" and then I stopped. My writing is much better for it.

  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

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  • dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    I've read papers like that in high school everyday for a writing class.

    High school sucked. Those kids that called themselves "perfect" went on to join the military or went to some shitty state school, wasting their talents away and making their college choice on whether or not they had good parties.

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    this fucking attitude is so prevalent

    the cocky new fish from small pond x

  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    since it is a peer review, wouldn't the same hold true for you?

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  • dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
    And then most of those kids will probably leave college with crushing amounts of student debt and will probably go a couple months or maybe years without a job.

  • dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
    edited September 2011
    double post

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    There goes my plan to offer you a few bucks to smack the guy

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  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    holy fuck

    choke that dude until he's dead

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    welcome to my job as a teaching assistant

  • dbrock270dbrock270 Registered User regular
    welcome to my job as a teaching assistant

    What type of school do you work at?

  • TossrockTossrock too weird to live too rare to dieRegistered User regular
    it's like the literary equivalent of watching a man in a top hat jerk off his micropenis with a pair of tweezers

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  • Skull ManSkull Man RIP KUSU Registered User regular
    my parents have been reading papers like this out loud for the general amusement of the house since before I can remember

  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    Futore wrote:
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    since it is a peer review, wouldn't the same hold true for you?

    yes

    but i have no illusions about my status as an idiot

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    Fandyien wrote:
    Futore wrote:
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    since it is a peer review, wouldn't the same hold true for you?

    yes

    but i have no illusions about my status as an idiot

    hi5

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    Futore wrote:
    Fandyien wrote:
    Futore wrote:
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    since it is a peer review, wouldn't the same hold true for you?

    yes

    but i have no illusions about my status as an idiot

    hi5

    hooray

    disillusionment and sadness and goals not accomplished and dreams never dreamed and deferred and a raisin the sun and shit

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    do you go to school with harold lauder or something

  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    dbrock270 wrote:
    welcome to my job as a teaching assistant

    What type of school do you work at?
    University.

  • KakodaimonosKakodaimonos Code fondler Helping the 1% get richerRegistered User regular
    Fandyien wrote:
    Futore wrote:
    Fandyien wrote:
    it's also important to note this is a community college class that is entirely online so this guy clearly isn't running in top academic tiers

    since it is a peer review, wouldn't the same hold true for you?

    yes

    but i perceive no paramnesias about my stature as an tomfool

    You gotta use the 5 dollah words.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    ceres wrote: »
    It's something of a pet peeve of mine when people think they are owed right to be assholes because they're smarter than someone else.

    especially when the a-hole in question demonstrates beyond a doubt that they aren't as smart as they think

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