is to make the person to whom you are trying to communicate an idea do all the work. It's just in their best interests, really, and keeps them being so fucking lazy as to expect a communicator to just hand them on a silver platter the information the communicator wants them to know.

All the best books on communication will tell you that, as did all the professors and teachers I've ever had in my communications, speaking, and writing classes. "Speak with a minimal amount of information", they'd always say, "And make the other sonofabitch do some goddamned work if he wants to know what you're fucking talking about. And the more obtuse and self-referential you can make your initial information-less communication, the better it is."

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

Because God knows, when one wants to communicate, the last thing one wants to do is provide any actual information. I mean, really, what the hell kind of communication is that? I'm laughing my ass off at the idea that some people might actually expect information in their communication.

Goddamn.

Really, it's how all the best documentaries and classroom lessons work.