F. Scott Fitzgerald believed inserting exclamation points was the literary equivalent of an author laughing at his own jokes, but that's not the case in the modern age; now, the exclamation point signifies creative confusion. All it illustrates is that even the writer can't tell if what they're creating is supposed to be meaningful, frivolous, or cruel. It's an attempt to insert humor where none exists, on the off chance that a potential reader will only be pleased if they suspect they're being entertained. Of course, the reader isn't really sure, either. They just want to know when they're supposed to pretend to be amused.

Chuck Klosterman

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I make so many plans but fail at follow-through. Gemini mind once a mat for you to wipe your feet. I’d beg for it. I’d plead 'Here! I’m here waiting for you to be the one. Take my heart, my life, my air: rip them to shreds and hand them back.No need to worry. I have enough superglue and tears to keep me busy for months...

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A midst deceit I found the truth;

there in the rough I found a diamond.

And from the moment we met,

I think of no one else

Today I choose to be, to live and breathe;

to dream, to weep, and to sing in free verse.

And you, the object of my delight:

a like-minded opposite I am myself with,

a mind-fuck times six, seven, eight thousand and three.

I know that you love me with every inch of your deep.

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