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A Complete Waste of Time

If You Repeatedly Use Synonyms On a Story, It Stops Making Sense

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Edward John

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Let’s take the first paragraph of Little Red Riding Hood:

“Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature who was ever seen. Her mother was excessively fond of her; and her grandmother doted on her still more. This good woman had a little red riding hood made for her. It suited the girl so extremely well that everybody called her Little Red Riding Hood.”

Using LibreOffice Writer to change words to synonyms wherever possible, it becomes this:

Formerly upon an instance in that location lived in a definite settlement a diminutive land woman, the beautiful organism who was always seen. Her female parent was overly fond of her; and her grandparent get on her silent much. This groovy female person had a midget ruddy athletics goon ready-made for her. It fit the young lady thus exceedingly asymptomatic that everybody named her Midget Ruddy Athletics Goon.

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