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Taroof reminds me of "askers vs. guessers," which was a revelation to learn about at the time. I'm very firmly in the asker group, and dealing with guessers is

Taroof reminds me of "askers vs. guessers," which was a revelation to learn about at the time. I'm very firmly in the asker group, and dealing with guessers is painful for me. Taroof sounds like "guessers on steroids"...

daveguy 1y ago
Is anyone strictly one or the other? That seems like a huge spectrum and dependent on context.
- pavel_lishin 1y ago
  It's a spectrum, of course, but like most spectrums, people usually find themselves much closer to one end or the other.
  - daveguy 1y ago
    Well, that's a tautology for continuous bounded variables.
GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
as a lifelong guesser who's been trying to become an asker, i sincerely apologize for the externalization of the anxiety we generally feel that leads to these antisocial charades of human interaction :)
CharlesW 1y ago
Interesting! For anyone else hearing about this for the first time: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/2010/05/askers-vs-guessers/340891/ https://www.theatlantic.com/national/2010/05/askers-vs-guess... (https://archive.is/GBZBf https://archive.is/GBZBf)