[AshamedCaptain]

> These are exactly the kinds of sentences that would have gotten us outstanding grades as students of the language.

Not at all? They are not even full sentences...

I get that you might like the style, but there is no need for hyperbole.

[holistio]

I don't _like_ them. It's just perplexing that these are the kinds of phrases our teachers would have praised us for and now they're red flags.

They annoy me just as much.