>opining
>methinks
>which currently often doesn't
>thus incling the
>(I opine)
>wiser
>pointless exercise
Nice try, but adding """intellectual""" language to your works doesn't make them """intellectual""".
Ideas with value have value whether they're presented as valuable or not, and worthless ideas are worthless no matter how they're presented.
I'm not saying this to be rude, I'm saying it to help you get better at shitposting.
That said, I pretty much agree, so let's give that a rewrite.
>I'm saying that reading groups are much better when people aren't rushing to keep up on the page count. Those who are more concerned with the page number than the content of what they're reading are just shallow memers whose only reason to read is to look the part of the nerd they want the world to think they are.
>Frankly, we should just ignore these people on principle. Unfortunately, however, this rarely happens because they feel they've somehow earned the right to take over as the, "moderators," of these reading groups. This causes those genuinely interested in a discussion of the work to drop out because they either can't keep up with the speed-readers, or they don't care enough to deal with the surface-reading plebs that they're around.
Admittedly there's a lot of my own voice in there now, but let's go over the major changes:
>no more archaic """"intellectual"""" language
This is a must go, sorry. Unless it serves a purpose that I didn't get, it's just superficial fluff.
>no more parentheses
This is more of a pet peeve of mine than a set in stone rule, but I really hate parentheses pretty much everywhere outside of mathematics. Sometimes they can be okay as a clarification or a quick footnote, but in general, they're useless. If you've got something to say, say it.
>stronger language
This is something you want to stick to in opinion pieces, and this goes double for anything you post on Veeky Forums. It's obvious that it's your opinion from the fact that you're writing it, so there's no need to state that explicitly in the text. Doing so just makes you seem like a limp-wristed weakling.
>no more slashes
This is another pet peeve of mine. You're saving one fucking character by using a slash instead of the word, "or."
Other than that, you seemed to skim over the major points and spend a lot of time on irrelevant trivialities.
Adding voice can be okay, but you have to keep the main focus on your points.
>wiser people drop out
>because they can't or won't deal with plebs
There are a lot of ways to string those two points together. My suggestion is one, and it probably doesn't reflect you very well at all. Your original, however, is a muddied, run-on sentence that gets lost in meaningless tripe. For your rewrite, make sure that any superfluous language serves either your voice or points a big flashing arrow at your point. Combining the two is an obvious bonus.
Christ, I feel like an overzealous English teacher.