someone in a college fiction workshop gave me shit for using a justified alignment. is it that bad? should i not do it? my professor didn't mention it
>>7783422
>quibbling over inconsequential formatting
fuck em and feed em fish
>>7783422
wot since when has that ever been bad?
>>7783429
that was pretty much my reaction as well. i just like the way it looks, but i wasn't sure if it was repellant to most readers or not. i would imagine not, since books are formatted the same way...
>>7783422
I vaguely recall hearing something about it being considered bad form but I forgot why.
>>7783422
You do whatever the fuck you want, it is literally JUST a stylistic preference
>>7783437
well, to be fair i'm pretty sure he's mildly to severely autistic. seems this is more of an autism speaks thing than anything else?
>>7783422
I find that people generally prefer justified when reading in paper and left-align when on a screen.
>>7783422
Justified alignment is hegemonic and phallocentric
check your heteronormative colonializing privilege
pretending not to realize this in 2016 is just non-convincing
>>7783468
forgive this lowly shitlord of his misdoings
>>7783474
congratulations
that's sexual harassment
I looked into it, and apparently it's thought of as harder to read and ugly looking if done in Word or a similar program without fine adjustments.
I never knew people were so particular about this, but I guess they are.
>>7783523
well i do it in pages, so i'd imagine it's even worse there.
>>7783468
Are there people who really speak like this in the United States or Western Europe? Or is this badly exaggerated for comedic purposes?
>>7783422
She was probably joking.
>>7783422
Depends, are you writing a poem for a fucking gift card? If not, write like someone who actually reads. Christ, your teacher is right. Centre justifying, that's as bad as writing from the perspective of a pet.
>>7784335
my prof didn't give a shit, pal
>>7783511
i'd like to ask that you don't use the letter i as it represents a phallus and by extension the patriarchy. thank you.
please avoid using the letter t as well as it looks like two dicks touching and that's gay
>>7784415
Why do you want it to be justified?
If you don't have a reason, don't do it. If you want to experiment with form, there are far better ways, just read some contemporary stuff.
Make sure it's a good reason. I knew a guy who wrote a poem in the shape of a teardrop because it was sad.
He didn't fly so good.
>>7784424
the issue with the letter t is with the upper-case form, as it resembles a full set of male genitalia. the lowercase form is to be used in all instances, for precisely the reason of inclusiveness given in your post erroneously as reason to avoid.
>>7784433
I like how clean it looks, baby!
>>7784470
That's why it's used in greeting cards.
It looks twee.
>>7784424
>please avoid using the letter t as well as it looks like two dicks touching and that's gay
Hey, no faggot shaming.
>>7784476
you ever read a fuckin book that isn't justified?
>>7784424
! reminds me of Hitler's only testicle below his erect penis and my grandparents died during the war so avoid any exclamations pls
>>7784496
The Swedish anthology of DFWs short stories and non fiction.
>>7783422
>using a justified alignment
Why tho?
>>7784526
ah yes, and everything is indeed illuminated
>>7784521
MOTHERFUCKIN TRIGGERED
>>7783705
You will never meet them, but they exist. That type of vocabulary usually comes out in print (writing, or online) because even they are self-aware enough to realize it is incompatible with face-to-face reality.
the fuck? where I live you need to have everything, literally fucking everything justified, or you don't get your grade for it.
or you do get it but with a ton of shit.
>>7784674
Yeah... Justified is my normal use here. Always has been, since, like, '95. When we had fucking WebTV.
