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Re: Embedding with America's top hostage negotiator

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Post by dandellion »

verisimi wrote: post #2

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Thanks for the heads up. I really dislike longform articles that could have been interesting judging by the title but waste thirty minutes with some irrelevant backstory just because the author has a writing fetish. If they want to write a book, they should write a book.

Re: Embedding with America's top hostage negotiator

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Post by progbits »

dandellion wrote: post #5
verisimi wrote: post #2

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Thanks for the heads up. I really dislike longform articles that could have been interesting judging by the title but waste thirty minutes with some irrelevant backstory just because the author has a writing fetish. If they want to write a book, they should write a book.

I wish they would stay away from the books too. People like this ruined nonfiction, have you tried reading any new science books? Can't read anything without first going through pages describing the stain on the carpet owned by great-aunt of the researcher being interviewed.
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