Re[2]: whining and useless drivel

[Virginia Krenn <asdxvlk -at- OKWAY -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU>]

     Gus,

     I suggest that the next time you feel inclined to post a flame to this
     list that you make sure you know who and what you are flaming.

     It was wnash -at- sunquest -dot- com who said that this list contained whining,
     useless drivel and I did NOT agree with him.

     However, I do resent your derogatory remarks about Oklahoma and your
     lack of ability to communicate without resorting to unwelcome
     expletives.

     Virginia

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Author:  Gus Lemming <lemming -at- pts -dot- mot -dot- com> at SMTP

asdxvlk -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu writes:
>      To: wnash

>      I resent your posting of such whining, useless drivel to this list.

>      From: Virginia  8-)

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> Author:  wnash -at- sunquest -dot- com at SMTP

> Does anyone know if there is another newsgroup on the topic of technical
> communication that doesn't attract so much whining and useless drivel?


First off, by saying this newsgroup has quite a bit whining and drivel, isn't
 Virginia
actually WHINING and filling this space with DRIVEL?
 ******* -at- okway -dot- okstate -dot- edu -dot-  -dot-  -dot- 
okstate.edu; is that Oklahoma?  Speaking of a place with a real sense of self
 worth.
All together now - Oklahoma is O.K.  It's not great.  It's not good.  Mediocre
 is too
difficult to spell.  It's just o.k.

Now why would tech writers whine and driv?  We're mostly a work world lunatic
 fringe
bunch, that are paid pretty well to write giant recipe books for those linear
 thinking
engineer types who have trouble communicating in anything but binary.

If anything, we should all just go about our tasks, waiting for that "cha-ching"
sound once a week in our bank accounts.

Having said that, here is a tech writer survey:

Do you prefer:

1.      in order to...do the following:

2.      in order to...perform the following steps:

3.      in order to...ask someone that gives a shit.

4.      in order to...just fucking do this: