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| #1 Posted on 29.9.09 1411.15 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1411.22 | Any idiot can be a pundit. Time to prove it!
http://washingtonpost.com/pundit
Hey, I have opinions. I can do 400 words or less (after I edit the hell out of whatever I come up with - this parenthetical being a fine example). Clearly, this is a sign from God and a way to force my foot in the door to the exciting world of punditry and writing [about things that aren't software documentation]. Nay, not just writing, but writing for the prestigious Washington Post, yet - (still hanging on as) a major newspaper!
I will now accept (and then probably ignore) any and all advice on how to succeed at joining - and then winning - this competition....if indeed you have any.
"Less parentheticals and dashes" goes without saying, so be less obvious. Thanks :) Promote this thread! | | TheBucsFan
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| #2 Posted on 29.9.09 1423.32 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1423.42 | Are you actually going to enter this? This can't be serious. It contradicts everything I thought I knew about you. | CRZ
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| #3 Posted on 29.9.09 1453.52 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1454.46 | Originally posted by TheBucsFan Are you actually going to enter this? This can't be serious. It contradicts everything I thought I knew about you.
Explain! | TheBucsFan
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| #4 Posted on 29.9.09 1504.37 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1505.04 | Well, in short, the entire premise of this "contest" is stupid. You ... are not. I could explain why I think it's stupid, but I would just sound like the cynical bastard I always sound like. Maybe if they didn't label the contest "America's next top pundit" as if it were a game show like everything else in this country now, it wouldn't sound so contrived and predetermined.
I know this isn't going to be true across the board, but I don't think I've ever used the word "pundit" in anything but a derogatory context. I don't doubt you have thoughtful, intelligent things to say (as a matter of fact I'm quite certain that you do), which is why The Washington Post (or any other newspaper) can't be the best place for you to share them. :) | CajunMan
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| #5 Posted on 29.9.09 1647.58 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1648.06 | Man that pay sucks and thats if they even use your column and they want up to 8 hrs a day debating? Are you that bored? | Mr. Boffo
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| #6 Posted on 29.9.09 1705.11 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1705.35 | Originally posted by CajunMan Man that pay sucks and thats if they even use your column and they want up to 8 hrs a day debating? Are you that bored?
8 hours a week for 3 weeks. | CajunMan
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| #7 Posted on 29.9.09 1747.02 Reposted on: 29.9.16 1747.16 | Originally posted by Mr. Boffo
Originally posted by CajunMan Man that pay sucks and thats if they even use your column and they want up to 8 hrs a day debating? Are you that bored?
8 hours a week for 3 weeks.
Still a rip off | AWArulz
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| #8 Posted on 29.9.09 2325.14 Reposted on: 29.9.16 2325.17 | idiot or not, I applied. What the heck.
if I win, I'll just go back and copy and past old Grimis stuff | Cerebus
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| #9 Posted on 29.9.09 2350.35 Reposted on: 29.9.16 2350.51 | Originally posted by AWArulz idiot or not, I applied. What the heck.
if I win, I'll just go back and copy and past old Grimis stuff
I vote for you! | TheBucsFan
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| #10 Posted on 30.9.09 0023.40 Reposted on: 30.9.16 0023.43 | Originally posted by AWArulz idiot or not, I applied. What the heck.
if I win, I'll just go back and copy and past old Grimis stuff
This probably isn't directed at me, but I did not mean to imply that anyone who participates in this is an idiot. | AWArulz
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| #11 Posted on 30.9.09 2252.10 Reposted on: 30.9.16 2252.13 | Originally posted by TheBucsFan
Originally posted by AWArulz idiot or not, I applied. What the heck.
if I win, I'll just go back and copy and past old Grimis stuff
This probably isn't directed at me, but I did not mean to imply that anyone who participates in this is an idiot.
Nope. Zed started this with "any idiot can be a pundit" | TheBucsFan
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| #12 Posted on 30.9.09 2312.54 Reposted on: 30.9.16 2313.18 | So he did. Well, I still didn't mean to call anyone an idiot (besides The Washington Post, which isn't a person).
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