<story><title>The F-106A That Flew Itself – After the Pilot Ejected, Landing Gently in a Field</title><url>https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/plane-flew-pilot-ejected-f-106a-flew-miles-landing-gently-field.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thecopy</author><text>Am i the only one who is irritated by sentences like &amp;quot;In 1970, a plane got fed up with its pilot so it hatched an audacious plan. First, get rid of the pilot. Second: land. Third: enter history. The result was amazing.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Especially irritating the the last sentence &amp;quot;The result was amazing&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Is there a word for describing this type of writing in English?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>ryanchoi</author><text>To me it generally came across as &amp;quot;self-indulgent&amp;quot; where authors write for themselves more than the readers. Cynically I can just imagine the author thinking &amp;quot;oh yes that&amp;#x27;s clever&amp;quot; while writing this part... And with AI in the media these days, it may just confuse readers. And for what, to fit in some fancy anthropomorphism?&lt;p&gt;But I don&amp;#x27;t think I&amp;#x27;m using the term quite right, this seems to be a more specific issue in fiction.</text></comment>
<story><title>The F-106A That Flew Itself – After the Pilot Ejected, Landing Gently in a Field</title><url>https://www.warhistoryonline.com/history/plane-flew-pilot-ejected-f-106a-flew-miles-landing-gently-field.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>thecopy</author><text>Am i the only one who is irritated by sentences like &amp;quot;In 1970, a plane got fed up with its pilot so it hatched an audacious plan. First, get rid of the pilot. Second: land. Third: enter history. The result was amazing.&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Especially irritating the the last sentence &amp;quot;The result was amazing&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;Is there a word for describing this type of writing in English?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>YeGoblynQueenne</author><text>&amp;quot;Tongue in cheek&amp;quot;?</text></comment>