That Google Docs in Plain English video made me want to rewrite it. It squanders a whole TV minute mumbling documents nine times before offering an actual plain English term, i.e. a newsletter article. The narrator warns, "The same document will exist in four different places — that's a problem," without explaining why it's not great backup. And it detours into political correctness with a male-looking character named Sam who is abruptly called "she." Cool if Sam were real, but as a made-up character she disrupts the lesson. So I savor the double parody of New Media Douchebags in Plain English. Of course, I want to edit this one, too.

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