tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007287240526724409.post960572795745308135..comments2023-06-01T14:24:45.356+01:00Comments on Daily Gimpei: I'm still reading you Slate. Damn you!Gimpeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17751434521174670199noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007287240526724409.post-40215142175762774042009-01-27T23:36:00.000+00:002009-01-27T23:36:00.000+00:00Anonymous number one AKA Anders AKA McLamity: What...Anonymous number one AKA Anders AKA McLamity: What's up with all this anonymous tosh, why not post as McLamity? As for this statement:<BR/><BR/>Grand generalizations with little proof to accompany them are what makes the world goes round. <BR/><BR/>I don't know if they make the world go round, but I they do sell papers... Except, given the sorry state of print journalism, not so much anymore. <BR/><BR/>Thankfully, dear reader, the future is much brighter. The Daily Gimpei is the model du jour. So long MSM with your sweeping generalizations; hello web 2.0 with your groundless ad hominem attacks, your videos of dogs getting hit in the nuts by dancing babies, and most of all your annoying twitter feeds. If I really care about what you are doing every second of the day, I'm probably stalking you, so why make it any easier for me?Gimpeihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17751434521174670199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007287240526724409.post-22871105642822361612009-01-27T21:22:00.000+00:002009-01-27T21:22:00.000+00:00what neither of you has recognized is the fact tha...what neither of you has recognized is the fact that these generalizations are 100 pct true. <BR/><BR/>of course, the question is, how do you define a French-Turkish speaker? Does one language's influence overpower the others?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7007287240526724409.post-63610424724665049362009-01-27T15:46:00.000+00:002009-01-27T15:46:00.000+00:00Since you ask, this is exactly what journalism sch...Since you ask, this is exactly what journalism school professors fight against in their pre-retirement cocoons. <BR/><BR/>And i'm not sure this device is necessarily a sign that it's a puff piece. Grand generalizations with little proof to accompany them are what makes the world goes round. <BR/><BR/>As I've said before, it's very annoying for all us who live and die by anecdotal evidence that such evidence is summarily dismissed by the likes of you as "mere journalism" -- only when it's confirmed 8 years later in a cross-sectional study will it treated by news in the academy ("Levels of academic proficiency among students of language in schools where choices of language.") By which time, the news will be useless. <BR/><BR/>I'd say that people who learn Japanese are either Rastassyrian or sugar-fanatic, based on my experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com