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It’s A Man...It’s A Fred...It’s...Getting Ridiculous

Related Topics: Extra innings, Ellipsis

You may have gathered that I am none too impressed with the current generation.

"Um, that’s a lot of letters to type, so I’m just gonna go with ‘ur’ mm-kay?"

"Down in front!!! I’m trying to take a selfie!"

Apparently the antidote to a generation that somehow has a shorter attention span than the one before — that would be the one which helped ADHD medications like Ritalin take off like a Khris Davis moon shot — is to cater to it by making the game go faster.

And of course to make the games "end already, ok?