Poor Faulkner. Does he really think big emotions come from big words? He thinks I don’t know the ten-dollar words. I know them all right. But there are older and simpler and better words, and those are the ones I use.
—Ernest Hemingway
“Notkilleveryonism” is apt. Sounding “dumb” might actually help it catch on. Surprising, outrageous, and controversial things tend to spread more on social media. Weirder things are more memorable. It’s why many commercials are weird on purpose.
“Notkilleveryonism” is apt. Sounding “dumb” might actually help it catch on. Surprising, outrageous, and controversial things tend to spread more on social media. Weirder things are more memorable. It’s why many commercials are weird on purpose.