Poliismxn

September 14, 2022

Gesundheit.

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LBC Participant

2 years ago

Pretty good sequel to Zxcvbnm.

Zsuzsa

2 years ago

My best guess is that his cat decided to lie down on his keyboard while he was writing the title.

LBC Participant

2 years ago

Reply to Zsuzsa

Or it’s Mister Mxyzptlk using a pseudonym.

Ian

2 years ago

Omg is like changing latino to latinx to make it non-binary.

Francois Tremblay

2 years ago

Reply to Ian

And equally stupid

Ron Miller

2 years ago

For an ongoing discussion I need as many examples of this template that anyone can steer me toward…

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Nathan

2 years ago

Reply to Ron Miller

You’ve already browsed the “Cargo Cult Template” tag?

Ron Miller

2 years ago

Reply to Nathan

I had tried earlier, got about three pages in and then got an error message. But right after posting my note here I tried again and got 11 pages worth! Thanks!

Hitch

2 years ago

Reply to Ron Miller

Ron dear, what possible discussion could you be leading about that godawful CS/KDP cover template?

Kris

2 years ago

Reply to Ron Miller

Looks like a version of one of Amazon KDP’s default templates: https://kdp.amazon.com/en_US/help/topic/G201113520 (near the bottom of the page).

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