sayrersayrer@mastodon.social
Sep 5, 2026, 9:25 PM@bcantrill Be careful. The phrase you are looking for is "contempt for the reader". That is a better way of putting it. It places the blame on the author of the shitty text.
Most of your paragraphs there start with a brief preposition. Something like "In case you didn't know,". That smells like grammar.ly or something, or maybe just a tic.
The general point is correct. It's very easy to detect inauthentic prose if you can actually read, no matter the source.
