Sample: in this, the Vogon captain isn't reading his own poetry, but Paula etc Jennings'. Why? What does that bring to it? You'd save a couple of seconds by not mentioning it and wouldn't need to change his 'So I write poetry..' to 'So I read poetry..'.
Sample loss: the reply to "I'd notice the difference (to having my brain removed and replaced with a simple computer)!", "No you wouldn't, you'd be programmed not to."
This entry was originally posted at http://lovingboth.dreamwidth.org/519188.html, because despite having a permanent account, I have had enough of LJ's current owners trying to be evil. Please comment there using OpenID -