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in thread Bad reasoning?

I don't deem those acceptable. You're right; if I were playing "fair", I would also have jumped on those posts' authors for the same reason.

Do you think "jumping" encourages participation or discourages participation on perlmonks?

Where does pmdiscussion of node titles belong?

There is about two decades (rounding up) worth of less-than-perfect node titles

This type of "browbeating" and contempt reeks of jealousy

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Re^3: Bad reasoning? (bad actions, jealousy)
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jan 20, 2017 at 01:22 UTC

    *Envy. And say I said, Your title isn’t hot, why not make it more descriptive? And you reply, It’s perfect, instead of, say, Ok, how about a suggestion? Or, Hmmm, let me see what I can do, and spend 5 minutes thinking about it instead of 10 posts and two threads thrashing about…

      And you reply, It�s perfect...

      What's that phrase? 'put words in my mouth'. I said: I couldn't think of a better one; and explained that the only alternatives offered, were completely misleading.


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