Listening to an NPR "planet money" clip, on advice of a friend. I hate absolutely everything about it. Two hosts, interleaving their sentences (why? WHY?) Female host takes the lead (of course). Question is asked by a 13 yo girl who is elaborately praised. Expert is female
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3/ Oh, a phrase I hate: "call it XYZ" I ranted back in the http://tjic.com days about how much I hate this phrase. It's an appeal to authority, but hidden. "Call it XYZ", as if that's already the term...but it's not. You just coined it. Now you're ordering me to use it
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4/ "Can the government afford to do things? The answer is ALWAYS 'yes' " AHHHHHHHHHHHHH no no, no, no, no This is so wrong.
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5/ now, I know they're going to reverse this, but even to suggest it as a starting point is wrong.
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6/ I've always hated NPR, and I parodied them ruthlessly in my novels. Listening to this is good. I'm feeling my hate grow. This is the kick I need for books 3 and 4.
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im laughing so hard I can imagine it so clearly
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