Communicrap

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

^ I’ve heard numerous variations on that theme, but the basic point is the same: talk is cheap and ideas don’t necessarily beget actions.

Words themselves aren’t the problem; it’s when words are by themselves without supporting followup.

Like me, have you been in countless situations where there were “interesting thoughts”, but no good ultimately came out of it? I now avoid those encounters like the Bubonic Plague and Ebola’s naughty grandchild.

If someone is going to share an idea with you, after sorting out the riff-raff (I understand few ideas are worth pursuing), they had better be willing to followup in a substantial capacity. They can expect the same in kind.

In my youth, I got verbally spanked for my unwieldy email rambles and lengthy subject lines. I do better now, and am increasingly conscious of textual economy. Why say it in 30 words when 3 will do?

I have a particular craving for dynasties and thoughtlines that continue on — so often, when people say “let’s keep in touch”, they don’t. It may be but a social mannerism to some, but I’d rather use words where they matter.

I coin many words, and my portmanteau of the day is: communicrap.

(Bloated — for lack of a better word, wordy — and an often jargony mockery of pure, simple communication. Some programmers like their code to be beautiful, even… poetic. Can you relate?)

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