the two kinds of amazon reviews of out-of-print academic monographs (from https://www.amazon.com/Structure-Complex-Words-W-Empson/dp/0472061259)
listen. I read many books a year. MANY. I don't have time for socialism or tenure
@aparrish imagine how many more books they might read under socialism?
@aparrish "this book could be summarized in 1/10 the pages but I have no idea what it was saying"
@aparrish "More writing than you can imagine! Words and then MORE WORDS! Just... an endless series of parseable symbols, arranged in linear order!"