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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Great News, Though You're Probably Already Terrified
I write like Stephen King! I happen to like Stephen King, so I'm taking this as a compliment. (Plus, he makes wads of money and everybody knows who he is. Beat that!)
I tried that site and kept getting different results, so I looked for some of my longest posts. I had it analyze three of them and each time got David Foster Wallace. So I guess that must be the closest to my writing style.
I got three repeat analyses: Margaret Atwood (yay!), Dan Brown (ugh!) and Cory Doctorow (... I've never actually read anything by him and hadn't heard of him until I started reading xkcd.)
Yeah, it's fun, but it obviously doesn't do anything very sophisticated, so you can take its results about as seriously as your horoscope. There's a good article on it by Teresa of Making Light. Hats off to Baldy Slaphead of the Smrtie Clan.
And for the final damning proof it doesn't work: the top half of DM's post above is written like Dan Brown, the bottom half like Cory Doctorow. Both should sue.
my non-fiction comes out, every single thing, as David Foster Wallace. who i've heard of, ONCE, and never read.
my Urban fantasy apparantly reads as Cory Doctorow
my Sci-fi breaks into segments - computer stuff is Asimov, space stuff is Clark - where they overlap, it breaks evenly between them... and the "action" is apparantly Dan Brown. sigh
Comments are for you guys, not for me. Say what you will. Don't feel compelled to stay on topic, I enjoy it when comments enter Tangentville or veer off into Non Sequitur Town. Just keep it polite, okay?
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Early short stories by Stephen King are similar in style to Lovecraft's work.
ReplyDeleteI tried that site and kept getting different results, so I looked for some of my longest posts. I had it analyze three of them and each time got David Foster Wallace. So I guess that must be the closest to my writing style.
ReplyDeleteIs America burning yet?
ReplyDeleteMaybe we need some more...
we use the DIVINE against the ESTABLISHMENT... you?
we do better DEMOLITIONS than you, savage...
RENOUNCE YOUR ATHEISM AND JOIN THE SOCIALIST FAITH!
let them know if the MDC continues more people will die...
the WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPHECY - THE DANCE OF DEATH
WORLD TRADE CENTER PROPHECY
FLUSH ATHEISM!
Actually it is a ROYAL FLUSH!!!
Let me show you how ATHEISTS were partially responsible for 911
These ATHEISTS NEED TO BE ON THE TERRORIST WATCH LIST!
You don’t even have SCIENCE on your side…
You’re a perfect example of when PHILOSOPHY becomes an ENEMY OF LIFE...
http://stephenlaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/playing-mystery-card.html
not quite samantha with her *supernatural spit*, eh?
this isn't one of your little WORD GAMES...
blasphemy is a DEATH SENTENCE
you people actually BELIEVE the BS you preach!
GOD 1 - atheists 0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQcNiD0Z3MU
Atheists,
you are ENEMIES OF GOD AND ARE GOING TO BE ANNIHILATED...
Repent and turn to God or be destroyed...
YOU HAVE NO CHOICE...
my interpretation of the STATUE FIRE... it symbolizes the SPIRITUAL DEATH of atheism...
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/topofthetimes/national/la-naw-0616-jesus-statue-lightning-20100616,0,4295974.story
http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2010/6/16/1276680110544/The-King-of-Kings-statue--005.jpg
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2010-06/54332292.jpg
http://friendlyatheist.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/butterjesus-1.jpg
PRINCESS DI IS WEARING A NEW DRESS!
http://www.princeofwales.gov.uk/speechesandarticles/a_speech_by_hrh_the_prince_of_wales_titled_islam_and_the_env_252516346.html
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http://skepticblog.org/2010/04/06/would-i-ever-pray-for-a-miracle/
Shermer, I WANT TO SEE YOU BEG FOR A MIRACLE...
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we do like your music Lady Gaga, but...
The B**BQUAKE - 911
Let me show you the FATE OF TRAITORS...
http://www.loiterink.com/photos/products/182_3424_500x500.jpg
they are incapable of telling the difference between SCIENTIFIC *FACT* AND
RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL *TRUTH*... FATAL ERROR!
they also preach a *VALUE FREE SCIENCE* called *POSITIVISM* that ignores the
inequalities of wealth and power in capitalist civilization...
for a sample taste of PZ Myers' GARBAGE...
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/06/sunday_sacrilege_imagine_no_he.php
HIJACKING IN PROGRESS!!!
http://hawaiiwebgroup.com/maui-design/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/website-hijacking.jpg
HIJACKING IN PROGRESS!!!
how can these HEADLESS IDIOTS BET AGAINST GOD!!!
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what happens when you LOSE Pascal's Wager...
http://www.peterkreeft.com/topics/pascals-wager.htm
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you FIGHT PAPER MONSTERS...
the blood and bodies of the atheist movement...
you mofos killed MICKEY MOUSE!!!!
this has more TRUTH then what Dawkins, Randi, Harris, Myers, and Shermer
combined have said in their entire lives...
http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=5R2wE8Sduhs&playnext_from=TL&videos=hht1U_19anc&feature=rec-LGOUT-exp_fresh%2Bdiv-1r-3-HM
they tried to BULLDOZE the entire METAPHYSICAL DIMENSION...
they LOST THE WAR......
you have FORFEIT YOUR SOUL, shermer... you have become an object in the material world, as you WISHED...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUB4j0n2UDU
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/11792994_ffaaee87fa.jpg
we're gonna smash that TV...
They had become ENEMIES OF THE PEOPLE AND OF GOD...
you pushed too much and *CROSSED THE LINE*
degenerates (PZ) or children (HEMANT) - ATHEISTS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bRRg2tWGDSY
THE BOOBQUAKE - 911!
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http://dissidentphilosophy.lifediscussion.net/philosophy-f1/the-boobquake-911-t1310.htm
DM writes like Dan Brown
ReplyDeleteI write like Lovecraft! Awesome.
ReplyDeletePhnglui!
I got three repeat analyses: Margaret Atwood (yay!), Dan Brown (ugh!) and Cory Doctorow (... I've never actually read anything by him and hadn't heard of him until I started reading xkcd.)
ReplyDelete@Uzza:
ReplyDeleteHeeey. At least Dan Brown is interesting and coherent, if not the best at prose or factual accuracy.
but dan brown writes FICTION...
ReplyDeleteWhich is better than DELUSION, dear.
ReplyDeleteOh, please do! I’ve been having this itch and –
ReplyDeleteWaaiiit, you’re trying to me intimidating? Oh, shucks. Here I thought you were merely being silly. *sighs*
Hey, PF, you write like Stephen Hawking? Coolies – so do I!
ReplyDeleteOnly, I also write like Kurt Vonnegut!
… And Harry Harrison!
… And Arthur C. Clarke, too!
…
Maybe I Write Like isn’t the most reliable service there is, m’kay?
Yeah, it's fun, but it obviously doesn't do anything very sophisticated, so you can take its results about as seriously as your horoscope. There's a good article on it by Teresa of Making Light. Hats off to Baldy Slaphead of the Smrtie Clan.
ReplyDeleteCopying Life Choises into it,:
ReplyDeleteCh5: Vladimir Nabokov
Ch6: Cory Doctorow
My version of the same Chapters:
Ch5: James Joyce
Ch6: Cory Doctorow
And for the final damning proof it doesn't work: the top half of DM's post above is written like Dan Brown, the bottom half like Cory Doctorow. Both should sue.
I got Lovecraft aswell.
ReplyDeleteEvery writing of my own that I put in comes out as someone different. So I write all over the place.
ReplyDeletei got margaret mitchell, chuck palahniuk, and jack london lol.
ReplyDeletemy non-fiction comes out, every single thing, as David Foster Wallace. who i've heard of, ONCE, and never read.
ReplyDeletemy Urban fantasy apparantly reads as Cory Doctorow
my Sci-fi breaks into segments - computer stuff is Asimov, space stuff is Clark - where they overlap, it breaks evenly between them... and the "action" is apparantly Dan Brown. sigh
*I* want Margret Atwood!!! *sob*