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someone in a college fiction workshop gave me shit for using a justified alignment. is it that bad? should i not do it? my professor didn't mention it

>> No.7783429

>>7783422
>quibbling over inconsequential formatting
fuck em and feed em fish

>> No.7783437

>>7783422
wot since when has that ever been bad?

>> No.7783443

>>7783429
that was pretty much my reaction as well. i just like the way it looks, but i wasn't sure if it was repellant to most readers or not. i would imagine not, since books are formatted the same way...

>> No.7783447

>>7783422
I vaguely recall hearing something about it being considered bad form but I forgot why.

>> No.7783448

>>7783422
You do whatever the fuck you want, it is literally JUST a stylistic preference

>> No.7783452

>>7783437
well, to be fair i'm pretty sure he's mildly to severely autistic. seems this is more of an autism speaks thing than anything else?

>> No.7783461

>>7783422
I find that people generally prefer justified when reading in paper and left-align when on a screen.

>> No.7783468

>>7783422

Justified alignment is hegemonic and phallocentric
check your heteronormative colonializing privilege
pretending not to realize this in 2016 is just non-convincing

>> No.7783474

>>7783468
forgive this lowly shitlord of his misdoings

>> No.7783511

>>7783474

congratulations
that's sexual harassment

>> No.7783523

I looked into it, and apparently it's thought of as harder to read and ugly looking if done in Word or a similar program without fine adjustments.

I never knew people were so particular about this, but I guess they are.

>> No.7783542

>>7783523
well i do it in pages, so i'd imagine it's even worse there.

>> No.7783705

>>7783468
Are there people who really speak like this in the United States or Western Europe? Or is this badly exaggerated for comedic purposes?

>> No.7783712

>>7783422
She was probably joking.

>> No.7784335

>>7783422
Depends, are you writing a poem for a fucking gift card? If not, write like someone who actually reads. Christ, your teacher is right. Centre justifying, that's as bad as writing from the perspective of a pet.

>> No.7784415

>>7784335
my prof didn't give a shit, pal

>> No.7784424

>>7783511
i'd like to ask that you don't use the letter i as it represents a phallus and by extension the patriarchy. thank you.

please avoid using the letter t as well as it looks like two dicks touching and that's gay

>> No.7784433

>>7784415
Why do you want it to be justified?

If you don't have a reason, don't do it. If you want to experiment with form, there are far better ways, just read some contemporary stuff.

Make sure it's a good reason. I knew a guy who wrote a poem in the shape of a teardrop because it was sad.

He didn't fly so good.

>> No.7784461

>>7784424

the issue with the letter t is with the upper-case form, as it resembles a full set of male genitalia. the lowercase form is to be used in all instances, for precisely the reason of inclusiveness given in your post erroneously as reason to avoid.

>> No.7784470

>>7784433
I like how clean it looks, baby!

>> No.7784476

>>7784470
That's why it's used in greeting cards.

It looks twee.

>> No.7784489

>>7784424
>please avoid using the letter t as well as it looks like two dicks touching and that's gay

Hey, no faggot shaming.

>> No.7784496

>>7784476
you ever read a fuckin book that isn't justified?

>> No.7784521

>>7784424
! reminds me of Hitler's only testicle below his erect penis and my grandparents died during the war so avoid any exclamations pls

>> No.7784526

>>7784496
The Swedish anthology of DFWs short stories and non fiction.

>> No.7784527

>>7783422
>using a justified alignment
Why tho?

>> No.7784533

>>7784526
ah yes, and everything is indeed illuminated

>> No.7784537
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7784537

>>7784521
MOTHERFUCKIN TRIGGERED

>> No.7784647

>>7783705
You will never meet them, but they exist. That type of vocabulary usually comes out in print (writing, or online) because even they are self-aware enough to realize it is incompatible with face-to-face reality.

>> No.7784674

the fuck? where I live you need to have everything, literally fucking everything justified, or you don't get your grade for it.

or you do get it but with a ton of shit.

>> No.7784684

>>7784674
Yeah... Justified is my normal use here. Always has been, since, like, '95. When we had fucking WebTV.

>> No.7785612

bump

>> No.7785627

>>7784335
>>7784433
>>7784476
What justified alignment is and what you think justified alignment is are not the same thing.