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Wed, 04 Jun 2014 08:32:48 +0000

[…] for entertainment value, an apocalyptic quasi-fnording of Marine Le Pen, edited irresponsibly into grossly misleading nightmare […]

Anthony — Thu, 29 May 2014 20:54:53 +0000

A recent comment on Scott’s post shows a beginning attempt at a software implementation:

C. — Wed, 28 May 2014 20:44:08 +0000

where he removed all of the filler words and transitions between ideas a

Perhaps I’m too dense, but requiring a program to distinguish between ideas and filler words in text is rather difficult.

In essence, it requires understanding the text.

C. — Wed, 28 May 2014 20:40:29 +0000

So is it basically just taking out all the commonly used words?

That’d be pretty easy to implement.

Rasputin — Tue, 27 May 2014 20:04:19 +0000

A Black Sun, maybe.

Sturgeon — Tue, 27 May 2014 14:19:49 +0000

If I’m not mistaken, the software already exists: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travesty_generator

Lesser Bull — Tue, 27 May 2014 13:38:49 +0000

He just needs to tilt the triangle a little

Mai La Dreapta — Tue, 27 May 2014 12:40:24 +0000

See, I would read that as “fnard” rather than “fnord”. You need something more round. And sinister.

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