Can you imagine trying ask this via the chatterbox?

As an aside, within the last 3 days, a relatively neophyte (but exceptionally gifted) monk told me that they were going to quit coming here; in large part because he'd witness an interaction between two monks in the CB that made him feel this place wasn't for him. He wasn't involved; nor even using the CB, he was just distracted and disturbed by it.

I showed him how to turn the CB off. Something I did almost 13 years ago and have rarely turned back on, (only ever for minutes at a time). and never regretted.

And, he's still (currently) coming around and interacting; which given his skills and CPAN contributions, is a really good thing.

But the chaotic, unadjudicated nature of the CB nearly drove him away.

Beside the shear impracticality of asking a question like 1129204 in 255 char bites; via a 15 char peephole; the reception any one trying would receive there, would make for a very unpleasant experience.

Whilst an OT section may not be necessary -- in recent months I've had some amazing responses to my frequently somewhat off-topic questions, labeled as such and posted as SoPWs. They still receive a number of knee-jerk down-votes from the "this is a Perl forum" hard-liners; but far less than in years past.

But, for the most part, the Monk's seem perfectly happy to exercise their wide-ranging, non-Perl knowledge; and vast, combined experience to tackle interesting problems no matter how tenuous a link they might have with Perl. IMO, this is a good thing. It makes this place more interesting and more viable.

But the CB is categorically NOT a viable alternative to an OT section.

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In reply to Re^2: [OT] How about an Off Topic Section? by BrowserUk
in thread [OT] How about an Off Topic Section? by flexvault

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