Monday, June 04, 2018
The seven line rule
Polistra defined the Seven Second Rule for radio and TV. When you tune into a station or network or show, you never have to wait more than seven seconds to hear the Standard Orthodox Incantation for this station or show. Sometimes the Incantation is one or two words (BENGHAZI or RUSSIAN_MEDDLING), sometimes it's a theme that takes a sentence to express; but in both cases you'll catch either the beginning or the end of the Standard Incantation within seven seconds.
Well, how about print? It's a little looser, especially when presented on the web where formatting varies with screen size and zoom setting. But it's still pretty close to seven lines.
Consider this obscene omnicidal monstrosity. When I clicked on the headline at RCS ....
.... I knew what to expect. It's an article about "science", emphasizing students and thinking. Therefore the article will be about the URGENT IMPERATIVE NEED to use every available torture technique and every available implanted microchip to ENFORCE absolute 100.0000000000000000% orthodoxy on "global warming".
Yup. Depending on whether you count the paragraph space, the "global warming" incantation hits on the 5th or 6th line. In either case, safely within the Seven Line Rule.
Of course the genocidal alien monster author is an Insatiable. He doesn't bother to acknowledge that ALL schools are ALREADY teaching ALL students to "think like scientists". All university graduates ALREADY repeat the Standard Incantation flawlessly over and over and over and over and over without pausing.
That's not enough. 100% is never enough for an Insatiable. Total obedience is never enough for an Insatiable. We must have 999999999999999999999 quintillion terapercent obedience, and that's not enough. We must have 9999999999999999999999999 vigintillion vigintillion exapercent obedience, and that's only a tiny tiny tiny tiny baby step.
.... I knew what to expect. It's an article about "science", emphasizing students and thinking. Therefore the article will be about the URGENT IMPERATIVE NEED to use every available torture technique and every available implanted microchip to ENFORCE absolute 100.0000000000000000% orthodoxy on "global warming".
Yup. Depending on whether you count the paragraph space, the "global warming" incantation hits on the 5th or 6th line. In either case, safely within the Seven Line Rule.
Of course the genocidal alien monster author is an Insatiable. He doesn't bother to acknowledge that ALL schools are ALREADY teaching ALL students to "think like scientists". All university graduates ALREADY repeat the Standard Incantation flawlessly over and over and over and over and over without pausing.
That's not enough. 100% is never enough for an Insatiable. Total obedience is never enough for an Insatiable. We must have 999999999999999999999 quintillion terapercent obedience, and that's not enough. We must have 9999999999999999999999999 vigintillion vigintillion exapercent obedience, and that's only a tiny tiny tiny tiny baby step.
Labels: Carbon Cult, infinite infinite infinite infinite evil, Pluponents
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