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"Okay, I admit, the socialist connection was a pretty small part of my essay, albeit an intriguing one. (It intrigued you, right?) My main reason for choosing the title I did was to try to ensure that you read through the entire column."


"This sentence contains a provocative statement that attracts the readers’ attention, but really only has very little to do with the topic of the blog post."


I skimmed down to that part and stopped.

If you did, and are still reading, my ploy was successful.

Your ploy was not successful. A pity, because judging by the number of comments here, it may have been interesting.




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