Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Another Comic Sans Rant (Sorry)

Generally speaking, I really hate chain emails.
Jokes that I’ve heard a dozen times already—hate those. Boring anecdotes—no thanks. Ridiculous and ignorant political propaganda messages. Those probably irritate me the most. But my agitation is compounded when any of the above are written in Comic Sans. I just can’t stand it. Why would you do that?

So imagine my consternation when I get a chain email with useful information written in Comic Sans. I get utterly nonplussed. Do I take the message to heart, or do I stick to my PRINCIPLES and discard it immediately? Ultimately I can't help but try to imagine the kind of person who actually has valid insights but is so inept to the basics of type that he or she would use this clownish face. I try to imagine this person, time and again, and I fail.

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