Dumb Sentences, Day 26,349

Today's Dumb Sentence comes to us via a tweet from Don Linn. (As always, we must exercise caution: tweeting something is not necessarily the same as agreeing with it.)

The sentence comes from Cody Brown, and reads:

"News is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible."

What's so dumb about it? That first noun can be replaced with literally anything and it still makes sense, positioning the speaker as a radical, tough-minded proponent of the cloud against the elite, as a free-thinker striding valiantly into the future. In short, it's utterly content-free, and serves only to say "I am a smart 21st century person. Please hire me as a consultant for your organization."

Try it yourself!

Policing is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Government is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Fire prevention is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Literature is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Banking is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Sandwich-making is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.

Garbage collection is so important that leaving it to a group of people in an office downtown is irresponsible.