[wlesieutre]

In school they were really big on the 5-paragraph persuasive essay format. I guess because it teaches you to think through an argument and present it to someone.

In practice, I find that if I don't format something as a bulleted/numbered list, nobody is going to look at it.

[Herring]

I'm sympathetic. It's like if code isn't color-coded and properly indented, I'm just not reading it.

[bitwize]

Now we're in the era of:

Alice: Hey ChatGPT, please take this bullet list of points and turn it into a polite, but assertive and persuasive, email to Bob.

Bob: Hey, ChatGPT, please take Alice's email and turn it into a succinct list of bullet points.

[snoman]

> In practice, I find that if I don't format something as a bulleted/numbered list, nobody is going to look at it.

I’m one of those people, if I’m honest. If I’m reading for work, I want the minimum words necessary to get the point across. I’m looking for information, not a story.

If I’m reading for enjoyment though, it’s another thing entirely.

[Nasrudith]

The funny thing was that in school they taught us not to read the standardized tests but to scan and skim them. Which would fit well into a satire of standardized testing.

[tonyedgecombe]

I was always surprised when my customers read past the first item in a list.