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I've started following a new webcomic that I stumbled across the other day, called XKCD (which, to all accounts, does not stand for anything). And in it, I found this gem of a quote:

"Communicating badly and then acting smug when you're misunderstood is not cleverness."

It actually reminds me of one of Niven's Laws For Writers, from some years ago:

"If you've nothing to say, say it any way you like. Stylistic innovations, contorted story lines or none, exotic or genderless pronouns, internal inconsistencies, the recipe for preparing your lover as a cannibal banquet: feel free. If what you have to say is important and/or difficult to follow, use the simplest language possible. If the reader doesn't get it then, let it not be your fault."

I seem to be running into far more opaque and/or shitty writing lately, where the content is damn near incomprehensible. These quotes above are important to anyone trying to communicate.

That is all.