oleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 7 months agoMan kicks bison in Yellowstone, gets injured, arrestedbuckrail.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1external-linkMan kicks bison in Yellowstone, gets injured, arrestedbuckrail.comoleorun@real.lemmy.fanM to Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDelphia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·7 months agoDoes anyone else find the whole “injured, arrested” style of writing headlines to be outdated and kind of jarring? Sure it made sense when typesetters had limited characters on a page and all but in the internet age “injured and later arrested” just reads better.
minus-squareVeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoDunno, I like it. It feels quick and concise.
minus-squareShadowedcross@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoI honestly wish more headlines were like it.
minus-squareMonkderDritte@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoI think they’re funny and to the point.
Does anyone else find the whole “injured, arrested” style of writing headlines to be outdated and kind of jarring?
Sure it made sense when typesetters had limited characters on a page and all but in the internet age “injured and later arrested” just reads better.
Dunno, I like it. It feels quick and concise.
I honestly wish more headlines were like it.
I think they’re funny and to the point.