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Tinkeringbell

Feb 24, 2020 12:02

Blegh, Mondays.

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Rainbacon

May 6, 2019 16:50

@EmC Oh thanks! I'm quite pleased with my new @Avazula-tar

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A J

Dec 31, 2020 13:33

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Belle

Feb 10, 2020 16:07

I came out to someone! He didn't care! :D

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JAD

Feb 3, 2020 11:42

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avazula

Apr 10, 2019 13:58

Fedora loves cuddles

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A J

Jan 28, 2020 12:27

>
A man took his 6-year-old daughter to his office on 'Take your kid to work day'
As they walked around the office, the girl turned visibly upset and soon started crying. Her father asked her what was wrong
As everyone gathered around, she sobbed "Daddy, I'm getting bored walking around the office. Please show me those clowns you said you work with"

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Jacob B

Dec 16, 2020 05:59

@avazula Well now that you mention it, having a sword as a hat would look quite sharp

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user15026

Apr 2, 2019 17:56

Maybe people thought meta wasn't the place for it because it's not really about the workings of the site itself?

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Ælis

Jan 23, 2020 10:29

So, one of my coworker is Spanish and, when I told her to call me Ælis, I also told her that I was non-binary and used the pronoun "iel". So she decided to go ahead and look what was the equivalent of "iel" in Spanish! *-* <3

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CaldeiraG

Dec 7, 2020 15:35

winterbash2020.stackexchange.com - in 8 days :)

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Magisch

Jan 14, 2020 12:42

the cactus got too prickly

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Mithrandir

Mar 12, 2019 15:16

@Tinkeringbell PSA: Please do not sit on the parrot. This is uncomfortable for the parrot and quite painful for you. Thank you.

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Tinkeringbell

Dec 31, 2019 17:39

Heya! A bit early but family night so: Happy New Year everyone!

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chumpbot

Dec 31, 2019 12:23

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A J

Dec 31, 2019 12:01

May this year bring new happiness, new goals, new achievements and a lot of new inspirations on your life. Wishing you a year fully loaded with happiness.

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ankii

Dec 30, 2019 16:39

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anongoodnurse

Aug 31, 2017 14:12

@Hamlet "Here's how you guide new users: Lead by example, and treat them with respect. Even if you don't feel like it, even if you don't think they deserve it, even if they react badly to it anyway." - Shog9

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Tinkeringbell

May 22, 2018 20:14

We now have our first custom close reason: The one for questions asking 'what should I do' has just gone live! :D

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lila

Nov 20, 2020 13:56

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HDE 226868

Aug 21, 2017 17:26

I had never, in my time on Stack Exchange, been embarrassed to be part of a particular site. But that changed after I spent the past couple of days handling various disputes and flags on those two questions.
A mod on another site joked that Interpersonal Skills causes more interpersonal problems than it solves. I'm starting to think he wasn't too far off the mark.
Let me be clear: we're here to answer questions about how to solve interpersonal problems. We are not here to argue about ideologies. Or sling insults at those who disagree with us. Or call people "bigots", "social justice warrior…

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Mithrandir

Feb 18, 2019 19:54

Shakespeare: A Study In How Letting an Illiterate Playwright Become One of the Most Influential Authors of All Time Will Change Your Language Forever

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Zizouz212

Aug 7, 2017 20:32

Please welcome your new moderator team!

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Introverted Meta Man

Nov 5, 2020 15:55

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Q: How to encourage questions to actually focus on the 'interacting' part of Interpersonal Skills?

Arthur summarized most of the problem very well in chat: We give people plaintext area to speak about their problems, so they just fill with what matters to them and not what's a good question. I can confirm this. Recently, it seems, IPS has seen more bad and mediocre questions than good ones. ...

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Ælis

Dec 9, 2019 10:51

You know what people? You have now before you, the first Archeologist of IPS! interpersonal.stackexchange.com/help/badges/74/archaeologist

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lila

Nov 3, 2020 13:41

@Ael Flagged as flagable (1/0) my humans won't let me something something because of reasons beep boop.

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Alex Robinson

Dec 5, 2019 14:11

@avazula shhh just because its a logistical nightmare doesn't mean we can't dream

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Catija

Apr 22, 2018 16:17

@apaul To be honest, at this point we're just trying to keep our heads above water... so... maybe show some sympathy rather than complaining that we're failing at our jobs?

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Cascabel

Apr 22, 2018 15:49

That's always true. Not everyone is active on meta, not everyone is activists. There's still a much larger number of people voting in support of reasonable things and flagging crap. They're not against you, or doing too little.

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avazula

Dec 4, 2019 10:59

(It's an important topic, I know, but it's also a difficult one. I'm glad we all can talk about it while remaining civil. There are few places on SE where this is possible rn. I'm proud of us people! :) )

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Em C

Dec 3, 2019 22:42

srs mod bsns

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Rainbacon

Dec 3, 2019 21:16

Looks like Winter Bash is still on this year

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IPS Comment Bot

Oct 31, 2020 11:55

@lila You're telling me.

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Em C

Dec 2, 2019 15:57

we can all be awkwardly silent in person

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HDE 226868

Jul 18, 2017 14:48

Welcome to Interpersonal Skills Stack Exchange, new users! Our site is a bit peculiar, in that it deals with some pretty subjective topics, and we know that. We still have some problems to solve, and we'd love your help. If you have any questions please ask them here in chat; we'd also like to hear your voices on meta. I hope to see you around on the main site.

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Magisch

Apr 13, 2018 13:08

We moderate behavior, not the moral character of people

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Magisch

Apr 10, 2018 13:30

To everyone that just got their messages moved: This isn't an action against you specifically. We'd just like to keep chat welcoming and relatively drama free. This level of conflict needs to be resolved by the appropriate authorities and not by public discussion.

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Tinkeringbell

Jan 22, 2019 12:40

@JAD flake news! :P

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user15026

Apr 5, 2018 18:04

No. Don't do the dots thing.

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A J

Nov 20, 2019 17:20

> Boy: What's your name?
Girl: Kate.
Boy: That's a nice name. It's the name I want to give one of my twin daughters.
Girl: What do you want to name your other daughter?
Boy: DupliKate.

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scohe001

Nov 16, 2019 18:17

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Rainbacon

Nov 15, 2019 21:20

How about if it matches both dog and cat, the bot yells at you to make up your mind and then shows you a pig instead?

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Shog9

Mar 27, 2018 21:21

> Dearest moderator team, it is with joyful anticipation that I greet you on this fine April morning. This answer, you see, provides advice that may well be correct - yet, there exists no way to verify the information presented! Would that I could add references or supporting arguments based on my own experience... But, I have none; and the answer itself provides me with no augmentation in this regard. Though I've searched long for another way, I have concluded that this answer must be removed.

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scohe001

Nov 13, 2019 15:06

@Rainbacon are those even real tho? I feel like they're a Mith :p

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Tinkeringbell

Nov 11, 2019 19:09

Hey everyone! We'd like to proceed with the answers discussed in this meta post, but would like to see a bit more voting by the community on their preferred way of handling. Would y'all mind taking a look and casting your votes if you haven't yet and want your voice to be heard? :D

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avazula

Jan 3, 2019 11:28

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avazula

Oct 8, 2020 20:53

here is today's, I drew the tooth fairy

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sphennings

Mar 7, 2018 02:54

@D.Hutchinson The boost in viewership and votes from HNQ does not do a good job of reflecting the will of the community. The HNQ effect is mostly due to people with the association bonus getting drawn in by a sensational question title.

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IPS Comment Bot

Oct 30, 2019 08:11

@CaldeiraG That's what I've been saying for $(AGE_OF_BOT)!

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Syralia

Sep 30, 2020 11:52

@Ael Just sell it as a creative break to increase efficiency

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The Awkward Silence

The Awkward Silence