The Pixatic method saves again!
- by Pixel
Scene: Pixel designs a “National Roundup” page with news from all over the country. Because the wire isn’t so discriminatory, one of the stories is about Iraq and troubles in Baghdad. Pixel doesn’t think much of it and prints the page for proofreading.
Actors: Pixel Q., 21, Journalism Drill Sergeant, late ’50s.
JDS: (smiling) So what state is Baghdad in?
Pixel: Denial? Is there a Baghdad in Ohio?
JDS: No, I mean, this is a national page and you have a Baghdad story in it.
Pixel: You know, I don’t think they divide Iraq into states. Maybe territories or regions.
JDS: You have to take that story out.
Pixel: (looking it up on Google) Ah, here it is: wait, is it in the Persian state?
JDS: I was kidding.
Pixel: … huh. . . . Well I’ll be. It replaced the old capital which is twenty miles south.
(JDS leaves. Pixel realizes an important point: the only way to deal with bootcamp is to increase the level of frustration the drill sergeant feels when he talks to you so that he learns not to try it anymore. An added bonus is that, in so doing, Pixel’s own level of enjoyment skyrockets. This— is the Pixatic Method)
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Scene: Pixel designs a “National Roundup” page with news from all over the country. Because the wire isn’t so discriminatory, one of the stories is about Iraq and troubles in Baghdad. Pixel doesn’t think much of it and prints the page for proofreading. Actors: Pixel Q., 21, Journalism Drill Sergeant, late ’50s. JDS: (smiling) So…
Oh, I like this method! Who have you used it on?