Too long, didn't read? WHAT THE FUCK?

[themostepotente]

tl;dr

Okay -- this is just assinine.

Came across this on gmth's journal. And Gina, count me among those that had no fucking clue what the initials stood for either. *G*

Forget rude. There should be a Darwin Awards for stupid fucking fandom assholes.

Do you know how many stories I would have missed out on if I based my reading on length?

Fic is NOT a cock. Length does NOT matter.

I mean if something looks promising and you haven't the time, why wouldn't you just fucking bookmark?

If anything I'm more off-put by shorter fics, but Christ I read 'anything' that catches my eye.

Fuck, FIND me a 100,000 word Snack fic and I WILL BE ALL OVER THE MOTHERFUCKER!

So now I have to ask...

Is length (long or short) off-putting to a reader?

--P

ETA: Okay, I'm a dumbshit. I didn't read all the way down. Apparently it applies to comments not fics. But I'm with Gina, I wouldn't be surprised if someone didn't use this for fic either.

Comments

[melpemone.livejournal.com]

With regard to tl;dr's use in comments, I've only ever seen it used in a sarcastic, joking manner - say someone gets overzealous on a subject, or gets wanky for more than a paragraph, 'tl;dr' is used as a friendly mock to remind them to keep on track, or to halt some wankery in its tracks. Which is why I was surprised to see your rantage - I've simply never thought of the expression in a nasty way.

Ah well, maybe I've just been lucky. :)

[themostepotente.livejournal.com]

In retrospect, I would not be surprised if some people did pass over fic due to length though.

Wankery? LOL! Love it! It's my word of the night.