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  1. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - thoughts about the site's activity level in ~tildes.official

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    This together with starting a new job has been part of why I've been less active. I'm just trying to be outside hanging out with folks and having in-depth discussions in meatspace than cyberspace.

    This together with starting a new job has been part of why I've been less active. I'm just trying to be outside hanging out with folks and having in-depth discussions in meatspace than cyberspace.

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  2. Comment on Daily Tildes discussion - thoughts about the site's activity level in ~tildes.official

  3. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    This is kind of like how I feel that almost every culture has their own version of a chicken and rice (or similar) soup/porridge.

    This is kind of like how I feel that almost every culture has their own version of a chicken and rice (or similar) soup/porridge.

  4. Comment on The divorce surge is over, but the myth lives on in ~life

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    Regarding your friends that have kids, I don't think you can say for sure that it's an "entire" generation of children. Like, that's just your friends who had unplanned pregnancies. I'm also not...

    Regarding your friends that have kids, I don't think you can say for sure that it's an "entire" generation of children. Like, that's just your friends who had unplanned pregnancies. I'm also not sure it's fair to think that having single parent households is necessarily bad. Within the article linked:

    And the growing acceptance of single-parent families has reduced the number of shotgun marriages, which were never the most stable of unions, notes Stephanie Coontz, a professor at Evergreen State College and author of “Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage.”

    Having a single parent household could prove to be more stable—and a better environment—than a household where two parents are fighting.

    Additionally, going back to that entire generation part, that mostly has to do with your/our age. I'm the same age as you, and I have several friends who are getting married now, who are financially stable and know that they can live with this person, etc. A few of them are now starting to have children. The fact that all of the people you know with kids up until this point are unmarried and unplanned will probably start changing within the next five years.

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  5. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    Ah, I see you are a structural purist but an ingredient rebel

    Ah, I see you are a structural purist but an ingredient rebel

  6. Comment on Metaphysics of web forums and avoiding death by entertainment in ~talk

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    Same as how you pointed out that text-based mediums aren't all the same (a message board does not equal a book), I would say the same is true of message board to message board. From my experience...

    Same as how you pointed out that text-based mediums aren't all the same (a message board does not equal a book), I would say the same is true of message board to message board.

    There seems to be a "king of the mountain" syndrome in web forums, in which posters vie for attention, while watching as posts rise to the top and are quickly replaced by newer, catchier posts.

    From my experience on message boards over the past... idk, decade and a half-ish, give or take, it also depends on what the goal is. And by goal, I don't necessarily mean community values so much as what the users are trying to make together. The format of Tildes follows that of many link aggregator sites, in which the goal kind of was "news," which is why it was about posts rising to the top then being replaced.

    But I used to spend a lot of time on roleplaying boards and forums or boards based around other hobbies, and perhaps there were posters vying for attention, but you'd also get long, sustained engagement around one thread or topic because the goal was creating a story together.

    Not entirely sure yet if these thoughts are relevant, but just throwing them out there: I think that people have been coming at Tildes as place where people hold debates, and while I think it's good to have constructive arguments, a difficulty with some debates is that the goal is convincing the other party. The conversation ends when that goal is achieved, or if both parties decide there is no middle ground.

    Rather than debate, perhaps we need to start thinking more deeply about "discussion," which can draw on longer as people go deeper together, if that makes sense.

    As for the "king of the mountain" sentiment: I'm not sure if there can be a way to create a more flat community, but I do think that this sentiment will definitely be the case on Tildes. If the site aspires to have a system by which users are rated as "high trust" versus "low trust," that will incentivize people to vie for that attention, though hopefully positively. I just worry that the measurement will occur by number of posts and attention and noise someone can make rather than necessarily quality engagement. (We're not necessarily pursuing the moderator-model here on Tildes, which I think will be interesting, but I think some of the best mods that we've had on my sub were people who weren't necessarily well-known posters within that community—but I saw that the few they had despite mostly lurking were very positive. Or perhaps they just got lost in the riff raff.)

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  7. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    Interesting. I'm guessing that mine are cut differently, and thus all the way through, which is why I do not.

    Interesting. I'm guessing that mine are cut differently, and thus all the way through, which is why I do not.

    1 vote

  8. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    Fair enough! (However, I'm now interested in how you eat bánh mì that you feel is different from the method you use to eat a sandwich.)

    Fair enough! (However, I'm now interested in how you eat bánh mì that you feel is different from the method you use to eat a sandwich.)

    1 vote

  9. Comment on What's your favorite cheap beer to drink? in ~food

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    Natty Boh for sure One of my favorite things to do is convince my foreign friends that National Bohemian is a quality craft beer by leaning into how it's local... which is not untrue. Also, ofc,...
    1. Natty Boh for sure

    One of my favorite things to do is convince my foreign friends that National Bohemian is a quality craft beer by leaning into how it's local... which is not untrue.

    1. Also, ofc, the champagne of beers

  10. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    OH WOW. That is not at all what I expected to see. It makes sense, though, but I can also see how bigger businesses might cut down on that method for efficiency?

    OH WOW. That is not at all what I expected to see. It makes sense, though, but I can also see how bigger businesses might cut down on that method for efficiency?

    1 vote

  11. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    I'm not sure I understand. I eat bánh mì similarly to how I'd eat a sub or a po boy

    I'm not sure I understand. I eat bánh mì similarly to how I'd eat a sub or a po boy

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  12. Comment on Why do some job adverts put women off applying? in ~life.women

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    I don't think it's so simple as to put the onus on the applicants, considering that it really can indicate things about either the company culture or even prejudices people have about who fits the...

    I don't think it's so simple as to put the onus on the applicants, considering that it really can indicate things about either the company culture or even prejudices people have about who fits the role of a job.

    I'd encourage you to look at an article exploring a tangential phenomenon called How Social Media Became a Pink Collar Job, that even touches on the same ideas as this article at the beginning.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on Why do some job adverts put women off applying? in ~life.women

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    That's true, especially because Textio made it a point to say that they don't know why some words work and some don't. Or they specifically don't do that research and instead let their clients...

    That's true, especially because Textio made it a point to say that they don't know why some words work and some don't. Or they specifically don't do that research and instead let their clients draw their own conclusions.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    I don't think I ever noticed the v-gouge (but I may have also been too young), but yes, it does sound like it would be better for holding in ingredients. I guess the sacrifice is also that you are...

    I don't think I ever noticed the v-gouge (but I may have also been too young), but yes, it does sound like it would be better for holding in ingredients. I guess the sacrifice is also that you are missing out on the bread :/

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  15. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    I think it's interesting that you list bánh mì as "absolutely not," and I'm curious as to why that is. I feel that it meets a lot of the standards other people have set for sandwiches and bread...

    I think it's interesting that you list bánh mì as "absolutely not," and I'm curious as to why that is. I feel that it meets a lot of the standards other people have set for sandwiches and bread cuts/shapes.

  16. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    So, tartines: Sandwich or no? Sandwich pre-evolution? Also, I cannot tell if you are joking or not, but please explain why the v-gouge was too dangerous and banned.

    So, tartines: Sandwich or no? Sandwich pre-evolution?

    Also, I cannot tell if you are joking or not, but please explain why the v-gouge was too dangerous and banned.

  17. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    It may feel wrong, but you know what will feel right? Eating the hot dog. Also, just for the record, carrot hot dogs weird me out.

    It may feel wrong, but you know what will feel right? Eating the hot dog.

    Also, just for the record, carrot hot dogs weird me out.

  18. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    I feel like I've had burgers from Shake Shack and po-boys and subs.. from various establishments where they don't completely cut through the bread to make two separate slices. Is this a sandwich...

    I feel like I've had burgers from Shake Shack and po-boys and subs.. from various establishments where they don't completely cut through the bread to make two separate slices. Is this a sandwich limbo? Or is it about intent?

    1 vote

  19. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    Just for clarity, is it only the chili-cheese dog that is a sandwich or all hot dogs?

    Just for clarity, is it only the chili-cheese dog that is a sandwich or all hot dogs?

  20. Comment on With meta-discussions high-quality content meaning civil disagreement, let's put it to the test: What constitutes as a sandwich? in ~food

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    I'm going to have to go with @Emerald_Knight here on the hot dog part. The chili-cheese dog is a classic dish, that involves multiple ingredients. Relish and onions are also frequently added.

    I'm going to have to go with @Emerald_Knight here on the hot dog part. The chili-cheese dog is a classic dish, that involves multiple ingredients. Relish and onions are also frequently added.

    1 vote