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He could have left out the “Top 10” in the headline and all the numbers. Then, I guess, you wouldn’t hate it anymore (at least if you don’t also have something against ordinary lists), even though nothing has changed about the content. Is that really the case?

(Please note that the author doesn’t claim that the myths are the definite ten or something similarly grandiose – they are just his ten personal favorites.)

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That's exactly how I felt, so I changed the title (which I rarely do) for submission. This is interesting content which only becomes distracting by putting it in a list.

No matter what you do, someone will find the weakest link to pick on. Reminds me of a few years ago when my mother gave me 2 sweaters for my birthday. When I next saw her, I wore one of them and she said, "What's the matter, don't you like the other one?"

Lol :) I can't believe that actually happened to you? I've been telling that story for years as an example of how some people will never be satisfied.

Call me picky I guess but I want a story, you know, with a beginning and an end. Not just a collection of stuff the author dumped into a WYSIWYG editor.

No reflection on you for submitting it, of course, but it's the laziest way there is to write something and I come here b/c often it's avoided.

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