For those of you who have never been lucky enough to witness the "pink page" we display to banned users, here's the text of the template [github.com] we generate it with. I confess I'd never before thought about how offensive that might be to psychics.
For those of you who have never been lucky enough to witness the "pink page" we display to banned users, here's the text of the template [github.com] we generate it with. I confess I'd never before thought about how offensive that might be to psychics.
That's not offensive to psychics, rather, it praises the work that they do and you admit that you can't do the work that they do. It says that you are good, but psychics are better than good.
Actually, because of the lack of a "but" it can be construed as a contrasting comparison - to wit: "we're good, therefore/because we are not psychic". Most readers will realize that the true intent was "we're good, BUT we are not psychic," but the lack of a conjunction does leave it slightly open to interpretation.
Most readers will realize that the true intent was "we're good, BUT we are not psychic," but the lack of a conjunction does leave it slightly open to interpretation.
Well, it's obvious enough that all the psychic readers figured it out and weren't offended.
the banned page (Score:5, Informative)
For those of you who have never been lucky enough to witness the "pink page" we display to banned users, here's the text of the template [github.com] we generate it with. I confess I'd never before thought about how offensive that might be to psychics.
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For those of you who have never been lucky enough to witness the "pink page" we display to banned users, here's the text of the template [github.com] we generate it with. I confess I'd never before thought about how offensive that might be to psychics.
That's not offensive to psychics, rather, it praises the work that they do and you admit that you can't do the work that they do. It says that you are good, but psychics are better than good.
Re: (Score:5, Insightful)
Re:the banned page (Score:3, Funny)
Most readers will realize that the true intent was "we're good, BUT we are not psychic," but the lack of a conjunction does leave it slightly open to interpretation.
Well, it's obvious enough that all the psychic readers figured it out and weren't offended.