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Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by famblycat »

kordless wrote: post #123
amagumori wrote: post #106

Earlier quoted context omitted.

did you even read the post you replied to?

Did you understand his? Regarding "nothing changes" he's spot on adding other groups that are entitled to fair and equal consideration. He's expanding the discussion, which is the point of this place (or is suppose to be). Regarding 'speak for yourself', I have to agree with him. When someone uses 'you' or 'your' in a sentence indicating someone specific should 'confront your own preconceptions' what they are really…

Meh, I just read it as an anti-joke. I think you guys are getting worked up over nothing.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by AimHere »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #130
mrmondo wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you just misread his comment - his point was anti-sexist.

There is exactly zero reason for bringing up gender in this thread, unless you're the kind of person who wants to turn every discussion into a gender problem. If my service targets general population and I'm using only men in UX testing, I'm not being sexist - I'm just being an idiot, missing out on feedback that could be relevant to 50% of my audience.

And do you believe there are no idiots making websites?

Surely 'The user is a woman' suggestion is one method of cutting down on web designers making unthinking gender-related assumptions, just as the 'User is drunk' person is trying to provide a service related to competency-related assumptions...

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by knowtheory »

TeMPOraL wrote: post #130
mrmondo wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you just misread his comment - his point was anti-sexist.

There is exactly zero reason for bringing up gender in this thread, unless you're the kind of person who wants to turn every discussion into a gender problem. If my service targets general population and I'm using only men in UX testing, I'm not being sexist - I'm just being an idiot, missing out on feedback that could be relevant to 50% of my audience.

If discussing gender is a threatening proposition to you, your problem is likely not that gender exists.

Also, you've admitted that gender matters since by general population statistics 50+% of your users aren't men? So like... seems like it'd be a legit topic to discuss?

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by fennecfoxen »

Devthrowaway80 wrote: post #98
Devthrowaway80 wrote: post #92

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Definitely talk to your doctor. It's not true to claim that there is no solid evidence suggesting that AA is not effective. There is a lot of shitty evidence both supporting and discrediting 12 step programs, and the author of the linked article has found plenty of shitty science to wave his hand at. Look through the dates of the studies referenced - 1967, 1981, 1985, 1996. The most recent paper there is almost 20 ye…

I realize the above post may come off as rather angry. I'm already anticipating a few "cult member identified!" replies. I'd like you to reflect on the fact that you are suggesting people avoid the primary form of treatment suggested by the National Institute of Health, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the American Psychiatric Association, the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care S…

Maybe the others are credible, but SAMHSA is staffed entirely with consumer/survivor-movement flunkies who believe psychiatrists are the enemy and consistently ignore the input from medical professionals on their advisory board. If they're right about a program, it's a stopped-clock-twice-a-day kind of right.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by Robin_Message »

macrael wrote: post #96
Zak wrote: post #62

If you're concerned about your drinking habits, you should probably not check out aa.org. There is little solid evidence that AA is a particularly effective treatment for alcoholism. Various types of therapy with real trained and certified therapists have good success rates backed by actual scientific evidence, as do certain prescription drugs. Combining them likely has an even better success rate. Talk to your docto…

I recommend reading Infinite Jest.

I tried to like Infinite Jest, but I just couldn't get into it. What am I missing?

(My original snarky thought: If you have the willpower to finish reading Infinite Jest, dealing with addiction will be no issue...)

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by coldpie »

asjo wrote: post #149
semi-extrinsic wrote: post #139

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I let my 3 year old play with my laptop at times, by giving her a full screen xterm running bash in a separate tab on my tiling window manager. She mostly likes to type the letters she knows (her initial, my initial, uncle's initial etc) but it's surprising how often she manages to Ctrl-R or Windows-Shift-3 or some other combo that makes things go haywire.

Install sl(1) and teach your 3 year old to type s l ENTER :-)

Boy, am I going to regret installing this in about an hour.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by farresito »

Well, that's what I have experienced for the past four years. I've been suffering from extreme brain fog due to very high copper and mercury levels which I'm getting detoxed, and that's more or less what I'm going through. It will be quite interesting to hear his thoughts.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by chiph »

bobbykjack wrote: post #143
semi-extrinsic wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I let my 3 year old play with my laptop at times, by giving her a full screen xterm running bash in a separate tab on my tiling window manager. She mostly likes to type the letters she knows (her initial, my initial, uncle's initial etc) but it's surprising how often she manages to Ctrl-R or Windows-Shift-3 or some other combo that makes things go haywire.

I hope she's not called Rebecca Mary-Rachel Ford ...

And has a cousin named Star.

Re: The User Is Drunk

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Post by bpg_92 »

The user is left handed. As if there weren't enough left handed products websites should be too. Login/logout on the right side? Talk about equality. (It is a joke)
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