I didn’t put much thought into the title. I’m surprised it got downvoted so much, but perhas I lured people in thinking the post was something it wasn’t. Other than the title, is my post objectionable?
I think you put it well—I have a hard time thinking about how best to use the gift and hoped that others with devices I could potentially own might provide suggestions. For example, the idea of a tablet sounds appealing (apps, more mobile than a laptop, reading things, battery life, etc.) but (as shown below), perhaps those here who care to analyze the utility might chime in that it actually decreased efficiency by serving primarily as a distraction.
That’s hard to know without actually owning one… and I don’t. In any case, my apologies for the misleading title. It was not my intent at all.
I want to say that I didn’t actually vote the post down for the title, although my karma benefited from other people’s response. I think it’s a perfectly good topic for Discussion, and I voted it up after seeing the title change. It might be too late for it to make it back to people’s attention, which is too bad. Maybe you or someone else should write a new post discussing the pros and cons of various bits of tech.
People have misused “Rational X” as a post title so egregiously that Less Wrongers tend to have a knee-jerk reaction. For instance, I knowthis one is a joke, and it still irritates me.
I was about to ask, “How do you know it was a joke?” but then i looked at the user profile for TwistingFingers and in general his posts only make sense as dry humor.
I didn’t put much thought into the title. I’m surprised it got downvoted so much, but perhas I lured people in thinking the post was something it wasn’t. Other than the title, is my post objectionable?
I think you put it well—I have a hard time thinking about how best to use the gift and hoped that others with devices I could potentially own might provide suggestions. For example, the idea of a tablet sounds appealing (apps, more mobile than a laptop, reading things, battery life, etc.) but (as shown below), perhaps those here who care to analyze the utility might chime in that it actually decreased efficiency by serving primarily as a distraction.
That’s hard to know without actually owning one… and I don’t. In any case, my apologies for the misleading title. It was not my intent at all.
ETA: edited the title.
I want to say that I didn’t actually vote the post down for the title, although my karma benefited from other people’s response. I think it’s a perfectly good topic for Discussion, and I voted it up after seeing the title change. It might be too late for it to make it back to people’s attention, which is too bad. Maybe you or someone else should write a new post discussing the pros and cons of various bits of tech.
People have misused “Rational X” as a post title so egregiously that Less Wrongers tend to have a knee-jerk reaction. For instance, I know this one is a joke, and it still irritates me.
I was about to ask, “How do you know it was a joke?” but then i looked at the user profile for TwistingFingers and in general his posts only make sense as dry humor.