goatasaur's Journal: How to get Karma - Lesson 1 - "Insightful"

Many people think a weighed and balanced opinion, concisely stated, is the key to getting your post marked "Insightful". We pity those people. As anyone knows, the real secret to getting marked "Insightful" is as follows:

Use lots of fancy words. Nobody knows what they mean anyway; fancy words just exist to make people like us sound introspective and thoughtful.

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Example:

"I think the president is wrong."

BORING! Try this:

"I indubitably believe that President Bush's policies are outright egregious. Questionably so, but undoubtedly tangental to the well-being of nationalistic tendencies.

"Furthermore, the directional aspects of our presently-involved Republican regime (or gestapo, if you will) have a history of decadence and opulence. Man is not an automaton. Fnord."

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Does it sound like you just vomited a dictionary? Sure! Also note the reference to the Illuminatus! books, a sure note to the moderators that you know your stuff.

Use this foolproof system and watch your Karma soar!

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Feel free to comment, and add your own suggestions.

Try to sound mildly inflammatory.

[Dthoma]

This seems to subconsciously make the moderators moderate you up despite the fact that your post gets six replies all saying "I call bullshit" and giving 40 line reasons why you're talking out of your hat.

But I agree wholeheartedly; there's no place more pleasant to utilise the power of numinous and 'cultured' verbs, nouns and 'buzzwords' than Slashdot.