So you wanna de-bog yourself

#1

Post by world2vec » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 1:43 PM UTC

So you wanna de-bog yourself
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Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

#2

Post by morsch » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 2:13 PM UTC

Life advice, unfortunately. Not an actual explanation of how to escape a bog.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

#3

Post by weinzierl » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 2:18 PM UTC

Bog in many slavic languages is God in English and used in many proverbs and idioms. This makes a hilarious headline, I thought this was about exiting god mode.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 2:27 PM UTC

morsch wrote: post #2

Life advice, unfortunately. Not an actual explanation of how to escape a bog.

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Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by sieste » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 2:47 PM UTC

morsch wrote: post #2

Life advice, unfortunately. Not an actual explanation of how to escape a bog.

I know I'm setting the bar low, but compared to other pieces in that genre I found it well written, entertaining and insightful.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

#6

Post by paradoxyl » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 2:57 PM UTC

Failure to define your meaning of "bog" in the opening paragraphs leads to unneeded frustration.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by ziddoap » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 3:09 PM UTC

paradoxyl wrote: post #6

Failure to define your meaning of "bog" in the opening paragraphs leads to unneeded frustration.

It is made fairly clear by sentence #5 what the author means by "bog". And by sentence #7 it is made crystal clear.

You barely need to start reading to understand what the author meant.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by viburnum » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 3:12 PM UTC

It sounds like none of this advice is working for the author.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by pksebben » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 3:24 PM UTC

sieste wrote: post #5

morsch wrote: post #2

Life advice, unfortunately. Not an actual explanation of how to escape a bog.

I know I'm setting the bar low, but compared to other pieces in that genre I found it well written, entertaining and insightful.

For sure, but throw me a rope here, it doesn't help the more immediate concern of this bog I'm stuck in.

Re: So you wanna de-bog yourself

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Post by digging » Fri, Apr 05, 2024, 3:32 PM UTC

paradoxyl wrote: post #6

Failure to define your meaning of "bog" in the opening paragraphs leads to unneeded frustration.

I don't agree. If the article started explaining how and why to de-bog oneself without defining bog, that would be annoying. But this one simply has a short, helpful, interesting introduction and then immediately defines "bog" before moving on. It's well structured IMO