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I am grounding myself like a teenager caught smoking. "Why?" you say. For the ubiquitous and otherwise unacceptable use of the words/phrases 'really' and 'kind of' and other qualifiers in recent reviews. Apparently I kind of have commitment problems. No absolutes!
Also I kind of, sort of, really have the attention span of a gnat with ADD on speed this week. Either that or nothing's holding my attention *pouts*.
— May 15, 2018 12:26AM
Also I kind of, sort of, really have the attention span of a gnat with ADD on speed this week. Either that or nothing's holding my attention *pouts*.
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May 15, 2018 05:17AM
I find myself doing that a lot more now as well, so you're not alone. That you're finding a productive way to deal with it is admirable...what limits have you set? I never stick to anything, so I'm not sure it would work for me.
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I'm allowed to use it ONCE because they are good qualifiers with very few substitutes. That said, the exercise is more about saying what I really think without softening it, or finding a better way to express what I'm thinking without being too blunt when it's not necessary.Instead of saying, "It was kind of off-putting" (as in, 'not completely' so I don't want to say "it was off-putting") reword: "It wasn't a complete turnoff, but" or "it didn't put me off entirely, but..." or "such and such was great for the most part but there were moments when [...] was slightly off-putting"
less conversational, but also less wishy-washy.
Punishment: read a #cockygate book. ugh. it had to be bad to be a deterrent. #byefaleena makes my proverbial brass balls shrivel up.
obviously the idea is to be more aware and not HAVE to punish myself cuz the book gods know, I want nothing to do with her shit, especially if it could be construed as supporting her shit. AND it's poorly written M/F ... gah!
but y'all will have to point out if I mess up, lol. we'll make a game of it starting today. I've got a lot of reviews to write this week.
