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Costco prices suck and I don't know why people clap for them.

It's not just a sentence that it made, it redefines the structure of reading itself.

Wikipedia only has facts on it because they're difficult to argue about.

Trust me, they would delete facts if they could. It's not a site for smart people.


I'll just say the obvious:

Wikipedia admins get it wrong more often than they get it right, and the general process for Wikipedia is obtuse, ignorant, and generally backward, with most of the favor given towards "people with old accounts" as opposed to actual knowledge.

It's beyond simple to get new editors banned for simply creating edits others don't like, no matter what the veracity is.

The only reason it's good for things like science is that it's generally hard for the kind of lowIQ populace their older accounts and admins have to argue about definitive numbers. But I am sure if they could they'd say things like "Hydrogen doesn't actually always have 1 electron", and so on.


> edits others don't like, no matter what the veracity is.

Wikipedia bans people for their behaviour, not for being right or wrong. So you are correct that veracity is irrelavent.


Are you saying that lying isn't considered poor behavior by Wikipedia or what? I don't believe that.

Depends on how you define "lying".

Misrepresenting what another contributor said? yeah you can be blocked.

Disagreeing on what should be in an article? That won't get you blocked. Getting into an edit war about it might. Being "right" is not a valid defense for edit warring.

In general, its not the place for admins to decide what is "true". Its their job to make sure people are behaving in accordance to the rules.


I disagree with everything you said. It's basically just pure luck in terms of something like repairing a flat tire, etc., and then in a professional setting none of this applies at all.

I have a shorter list:

1. Be Rich

2. Be Attractive if you didn't complete step 1.

3. If you failed to complete steps 1. and 2., don't bother.


This is also an advertisement.

I think it's sporting to pay for advertising and not sporting to try and sneak it in on people.


The person who submitted this doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Zachtronics, why are you assuming it’s an ad?

If jawarner isn't being paid to make the post, then it's not an advertisement, unless you're using a broader definition for advertisement than is commonly accepted.

embedded youtube video on an advertisement site

how do I unsubscribe from your blog's ads?


I think they should create a kernel for systemd and then perhaps also a filesystem... maybe a GUI too?


What are you sipping on?


Fine wine.


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