That’s one style of writing, yes. It’s not the goddamn gospel, though. It just happens to be the kind of writing that gets regarded as contemporary. Hint hint, nudge nudge. The subject matter doesn’t warrant the confidence in the tone.
Also, maybe it’s just me and my biased sampling of wordplay humour, but I’ve seen this trick (exemplifying the rule, or the violation thereof, in the paragraph that contains the rule) used so many times, that by the time I managed a closer reading of the text I was already on the lookout for it.
That’s one style of writing, yes. It’s not the goddamn gospel, though. It just happens to be the kind of writing that gets regarded as contemporary. Hint hint, nudge nudge. The subject matter doesn’t warrant the confidence in the tone.
Also, maybe it’s just me and my biased sampling of wordplay humour, but I’ve seen this trick (exemplifying the rule, or the violation thereof, in the paragraph that contains the rule) used so many times, that by the time I managed a closer reading of the text I was already on the lookout for it.