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• hansy 12y ago
  tl;dr Paul Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement [image] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Graham%27s_Hierarchy_of_Disagreement.svg/1280px-Graham%27s_Hierarchy_of_Disagreement.svg.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Gra...
  • mkramlich 12y ago
    I wish you kids would use "summary:" instead of "tl;dr" though kudos for putting it at the beginning rather than the end. I mean this in a friendly constructive way, and realize you may not be a kid. But while there's lots of positive innovation happening in culture and esp related to the Internet, I feel strongly that "tl;dr" is not one of them, its a step backward. It's typically placed in the worst possible location (the very end rather than the very top/beginning) and it's far less likely to be understandable than "summary". It's also reinventing the wheel. Again, not a criticism of your comment, meant more for other readers, esp younger or less educated ones, who don't know about the word summary and how it is traditionally used to solve the need well already. :-)
    • erickhill 12y ago
      I actually find tl;dr to be more immediately dismissive in tone (and therefore occasionally negative, whether it is intended to be or not). A summary implies you actually read something and are trying to boil it down.
      • mkramlich 12y ago
        good observation. agree I've seen that correlation. as a prefix for snark.
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    • illicium 12y ago
      > you kids DH1. Ad hominem
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