How to lose me as a reader, sportswriter edition

[yendi]

Lead with a sentence talking non-ironically about "the pansification of American Football."

Comments

[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

If it really was pansification, I'd like American Football BETTER.

[pixelfish.livejournal.com]

(Er. In case my flippancy doesn't make it clear, I disapprove of perjorative pansification, but approve reclamative pansification.)

[yendi]

The flippancy and intent were perfectly clear, and I share your respective disapproval and approval.

[chris-walsh.livejournal.com]

Not to mention how I'm pretty sure "That protection seems almost surplus to requirements" uses the wrong word. Confused writing much? I'm unimpressed, too.

[yendi]

Yeah, another way to lose me is to just be a crappy writer.

[sterlingnorth.livejournal.com]

I was spoiled by the asstardedness of the seminal essay in the genre, "The Pussification of the Western Male (http://www.theothersideofkim.com/index.php/essays/41/)". I can't help myself from asking if he knows of Kim du Toit, despite being well aware that du Toit is as famous a person as I am.