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Old 06-01-2008, 10:09 AM   #232
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Originally Posted by Spellbot 5000 View Post
The terms weren't wrong, it's that he crams so many into virtually every sentence. It strikes me as some guy writing the story with the intention of cramming so much jargon in that it sounds real, when it just comes off as forced.

And I mean, people that call their baby "2.0" and say stuff like "he just core dumped"? Ugh, I just wanted to endlessly slam those characters heads into a car door.
I read that as part of the joke. It was a very conscious exaggeration. I thought this story was one of the weakest in the collection but I obviously did not react negatively on the same thing as you. Interesting to see the different way a story can be read.
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