You guys are missing that this is a joke. This is a reference to this comic: https://xkcd.com/1133/.
Which is poking fun at how funny things sound when you restrict yourself to only that many words.
Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
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Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#12A similar editor was made for the book Thing Explainer[1] by Randal Munroe from XKCD. A book that explains all kinds of different things, from space shuttles to microwaves using the top 1000 common English words.
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#13Unclear on why this is a good thing. Dumbing down language helps whom, exactly? I guess if you want to hasten the Idiocracy this is your app.
It's a joke. They even explain in the summary that it is a reference to Randall Munroe's book.
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#14You guys are missing that this is a joke. This is a reference to this comic: https://xkcd.com/1133/ . Which is poking fun at how funny things sound when you restrict yourself to only that many words.
Not just a joke: https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/
Randall Munroe did an entire book that way.
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#15A similar editor was made for the book Thing Explainer[1] by Randal Munroe from XKCD. A book that explains all kinds of different things, from space shuttles to microwaves using the top 1000 common English words. [1] https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/
I should of read everything first and would of saw the reference already made... My bad
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#16Presumably the list includes the word "gimmick".
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#17Joke or not if you haven't check out Vsauce on Youtube the Zepf Mystery it's somewhat related.
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#18Trump writes his victory speeches in this.
Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#19A similar editor was made for the book Thing Explainer[1] by Randal Munroe from XKCD. A book that explains all kinds of different things, from space shuttles to microwaves using the top 1000 common English words. [1] https://xkcd.com/thing-explainer/
I should of read everything first and would of saw the reference already made... My bad
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Re: Cleartext: A text editor that only allows the 1,000 most common words in English
#20You guys are missing that this is a joke. This is a reference to this comic: https://xkcd.com/1133/ . Which is poking fun at how funny things sound when you restrict yourself to only that many words.
A joke that would improve the writing of most people.