[quote]I said verbosity.[/quote] That's cute, but I saw it before the edit. I'm not using clarity as a synonym for simply; it's just that too often do I see people trade clarity for verbosity, which is always a downgrade. There are situations that call for more complex speech -- indeed, most of the words on [url=http://www.alphadictionary.com/articles/100_most_beautiful_words.html]this[/url] list would be deemed bombastic, though I love their sound -- but one should never use words simply because they're difficult or abstract. Also, I couldn't disagree more with that quote. Making something artificially difficult is never a good idea, though I would agree that one can also try and fail spectacularly at making something too simple: [quote]"There is always an easy solution to every human problem--neat, plausible, and wrong." - H. L. Mencken[/quote]

[quote][quote]I said verbosity.[/quote] That's cute, but I saw it before the edit.[/quote]I edited it of my own accord before you replied. But I don't see that it has any bearing on this discussion. I'm supposed to be the verbose asshole here, but then how do we account for you? I don't look down on 'artificial difficulty', simply because if I did, I couldn't justify partaking of any abstraction whose domain lay outside of eating, shitting and sleeping.

Let's just say that it's annoying when people use way more words than they have to simply for the purpose of looking smart.

Alright, I'll agree with that. I don't like fake people. But if it's purely for entertainment or practicality, I subscribe.