I hate flowcharts

[alexiscartwheel]

Seriously, why are there so many flowcharts in my reading? LIS people are apparently in love with drawing diagrams of their theoretical models and I DON'T GET IT!

I'm sure this must be some sort of learning style mis-match thing, but it makes me feel very stupid. I just see boxes and arrows that I can't decipher. What's wrong with just writing about what's going on instead of just drawing a bunch of arrows?

ETA: Also, there are too many acronyms and abbreviations to keep straight. Then even the words don't have meaning. Argh.

ETA2: I forgot about xkcd's Guide to Understanding Flow Charts. I wish the ones in my articles were this simple! Yeah, back to work or whatever.

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[alexiscartwheel.livejournal.com]

Last semester we were required to use a model in one project, so my group picked the one that showed a stick figure crossing a bridge. Now that is the sort of visual representation I can understand!

Also, I love your icon! Is that by any chance from "Bad Blood"? (Er, my X-Files dorkitude is showing...)