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Originally Posted by PhilB
This is part of what struck me as funny about it, the double layer joke; only those that it doesn't apply to will bother to read it.
Although I think it is a genuine problem that mostly electronic media have eroded the American attention span until few people have the patience to actually absorb any detailed or complex information about much, and thus don't understand a lot of things they might otherwise be able to.
Politicians count on this. That's why they write those huge bills, under the generally correct assumption that no one (not even the other legislators whose jobs it is and who will vote on it) will bother to actually read it and find out how much crap is buried in there.
PhilB |
First off, the Onion is hands down the most accurate news source on the planet
fucking excellent
Second, you are correct, however they intentionally make the bills longer so it is impossible to read in time (should someone actually want to) for said vote.
I do believe that like some of the incredible long and boring bids I get stuck with that there probably is a way to read them to be able to skip through the bullshit. I have no Idea what that Is however, as my attention span is to short to find out.
"It demands so much of my time and concentration," said Chicago resident
Dale Caliente, who was confronted by the confusing mound of words early Monday afternoon. "This large block of text, it expects me to figure everything out on my own, and I hate it."
Sorry, that was wrong on me, but, but it fit