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<\/a><\/p>\nSocial media sites are infested with sayings plastered into graphics files. Most of them are trite, clich\u00c3\u00a9, and\/or stupid. The few that aren’t are diminished by such treatment.<\/p>\n
If you’ve got something worth reading, just write it in regular text. Plain text retains the power of your words. \u00c2\u00a0Slapping them into a\u00c2\u00a0graphics\u00c2\u00a0file dilutes their impact, except for the\u00c2\u00a0easily\u00c2\u00a0impressed (i.e. stupid), who probably\u00c2\u00a0aren’t\u00c2\u00a0your\u00c2\u00a0audience\u00c2\u00a0anyway.<\/p>\n
Another annoying meme, which fortunately seems to be dying out, is people holding up paper with stuff written on it, partially obscuring their face. I was going to do one myself, with the text saying how stupid the meme was and how it trivialized the messages. While I was writing the copy I wondered if someone else had already done it. A quick search found someone who had. Thank you, whoever you are. \u00c2\u00a0You just saved me a lot of work. (Click to enlarge.)<\/p>\n