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by bitlord_219 4572 days ago
"Anal" "Goldilocks" "Sloppy"

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4 comments
Raphmedia 4572 days ago
English is my second language and even I know that "anal" is not meant here the way you think it is.

What, do you somehow think that you will get anal sex from this setting?

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saljam 4572 days ago
I'm guessing it's in the Freudian psychoanalysis sense, rather than the more literal one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anal_retentiveness

Frankly, I'm not sure which is worse.

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martswite 4572 days ago
Same here, I wont be clicking "Riff Search"
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ryrobes 4572 days ago
Yeah. OP here: A poor attempt at humor. It just controls the amount of "slop" in the elastisearch query - being tasteless is just a bonus.
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JonnieCache 4572 days ago
"Anal" on it's own isn't that bad, although you will be excluding everyone who doesn't know the Freudian term. Juxtaposing it with "sloppy" is going too far. Even if you're not offended by it, being slapped in the brain with that much graphic imagery when you're not expecting it stops you from engaging with the website.

Maybe "nonchalant" would be a fun replacement?

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atwebb 4572 days ago
Maybe rename it Knopfler

Or maybe Strict,Right On, Meh/Close Enough?

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jmmcd 4572 days ago
I like it!

Mark Knopfler --- Slash --- Neil Young

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martswite 4572 days ago
No worries, I'm unfamiliar with the terms, with being a work and all; curiosity could kill this cat.
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asdfasdfgaew 4572 days ago
I thought it was scraping my Google searches.
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