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I vastly prefer Konrath's articles where he takes a more serious tone. His jokes and humor fall flat for me, and the whole article ends up feeling mean. It doesn't help that his sense of humor can be mistaken for logical fallacies; to people less aware of his writing, the perceived ad hominem and strawmen only undermine the thesis statements.
I'd like to send his articles around to my friends but I'm not sure they'd get it, and the tone of the article would probably set them off from the points being made more so than they do for me. It's just not necessary, or really in the slightest bit entertaining.
That said, it's once again a good argument made exceedingly thoroughly, once the copious dressing has been removed from the dish. I'm glad someone does it.
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