[verdverm]

There's a saying that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Our social feeds would benefit if more people considered this before posting.

Kelsey Hightower is a good personality to watch in this conversation. He is skeptic while learning more with an open mind. His questions, challenges, and analogies are fresh and useful.

[salawat]

There comes a point where following that advice just clears the way for daftness. Never apologize for calling a spade a spade. When whether something is taken as the truth or not comes down to the number of heads repeating it, it behooves one to be vocal and not leace the narrative to someone else.

[verdverm]

There is a difference between being critical or skptical, and being pleasant or abrasive / offensive.

[quantified]

Quite so. I took the time to read the article, and it’s not abrasive or offensive. (You didn’t say it was, I took you as making a more general point.)

It’s not saying anything new either.

[salawat]

There comes a point where following that advice just clears the way for daftness. Never apologize for calling a spade a spade. When whether something is taken as the truth or not comes down to the number of heads repeating it, it behooves one to be vocal and not leave the narrative to someone else.

[salawat]

How.... Well. Crap. And now it's outside the delete window

How's one traditionally remedy this?

[verdverm]

By deleting within window, or by waiting until it is out of memory and not worth worrying about. It happens...

You could email the mods, but meh?