Time for a contest. It's a well-known fact that all the best taverns follow a specific naming convention. "The Brass Lantern," "The Prancing Pony," "The Drunken Clam," "The Mended Drum,"... they're all "The [Descriptor] [Noun]." Unfortunately, the tavern we're in isn't so blessed. I hereby challenge you to name it!
@JoePhillips curious word choice and arrangement... I like it!.. On topic, I highly doubt the landlord would have an issue with a positive improvement such as clear caulking the windows.
Apologies if this is a duplicate or belongs elsewhere. I love the "action" command /me in IRC, and think it would be fun to have in the chat. So a message like:
/me loves the new chat system
Would show up as:
Josh loves the new chat system
Rather than:
Josh: loves the new chat sys...
@devinb what @balpha said. I was going to let my downvote speak for itself, but you're doing a fine job of speaking for us. I authorize you to be my official voice on that question.
@rchern If I and you are in the middle of a serious discussion, (as we are now) and Fosco says "/me doesn't think so" It is easy for us to ignore him, he is doing something that is not relevant to the conversation.
However, if we implement a feature that explicitly allows breaking the conversation flow (and therefore implicitly encourages it) then you are diluting all discussions.
@rchern, we are perfectly capable of having frivilous discussions without it.
You're having a conversation. Actions are part of conversations too. shrugs << and by saying just italicize it, you're giving multiple meanings to italicizing.
How would having a /me command break conversation flow?
and we are perfectly capable of having serious discussions with it. But the question is which one is the application geared towards?
Actions are part of conversations, but they don't need to be part of discussions. I've had serious client discussions over email and phone. I didn't stop to say "I shrug" every time I didn't know something.
@rchern I'm not saying "definitely", I'm saying that I don't believe it should be. And I don't believe it should be, because it has no positive implications, and at least some (minor) negative implications.
@rchern Yes, I'm not hellfire and brimstone against this or anything. I'm simply saying that if the buck stopped with me (and no one had given me new compelling reasons) my decision would be as I've stated.
@devinb, and if @balpha were to post that, then it is a logical point. More work to develop is something measurable. "It harms the discussion" is your opinion and it isn't measurable the way you've stated it.
@rchern I think it harms discussion is actually less pervasive than "it harms the purpose of the site". Basically it is the reason we have "off-topic" as a close reason. I don't believe that they should be spending extra time integrating features that don't explicitly encourage the goals of the site.
Apologies if this is a duplicate or belongs elsewhere. I love the "action" command /me in IRC, and think it would be fun to have in the chat. So a message like:
/me loves the new chat system
Would show up as:
Josh loves the new chat system
Rather than:
Josh: loves the new chat sys...
@rchern So if someone says "Your screen isn't on, did you check if it is plugged in?" and they say get on their hands and knees and say "I went under the desk like this " goes under the desk "and then I checked the plug" checks the plug
@PopularDemand It's actually not as bad.... except when they decided to pull the plug in which case I really wonder why I didn't buy the automatic rifle a few weeks back
@balpha Repeat after me: We are not IRC. We are not IRC
@Diago, maybe, it's been commented previously. In fact I was quite certain this particular meta question was a dupe. I've been searching but I can't find another question. Maybe it got deleted, I don't know.
@PopularDemand No, you aren't. Lots of people think it's jinguy. If you search meta for 'jinguy' there are a few results. And that doesn't include comments.
I hate Google Domains Right, now that I have cleared the air on that... Weren't we discussing a new name for the Tavern earlier, any good suggestions so far?
@Fosco I wish I was. Had to help with a Woman's only athletics race for 4 days. Every fantasy I ever had about thousands of screaming woman around me is all gone. Forever. Just saying.
"into" (one word) and "in to" (two words) are frequently confused. In what situations should the former be used? The latter?
Apologies if this is a duplicate or belongs elsewhere. I love the "action" command /me in IRC, and think it would be fun to have in the chat. So a message like:
/me loves the new chat system
Would show up as:
Josh loves the new chat system
Rather than:
Josh: loves the new chat sys...
