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Q: How to ask a tourist outfitter about their competitor's products

TylerelytMe and a group of friends go on an annual summer trip tubing down a river and camping for a weekend. The last 4 times we've gone, we've used one particular outfitter, I'll call them outfitter A, to rent tubes and campgrounds. The second to last time we went, we saw a camp site right next to the...

 
 
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1:13 AM
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Q: Someone keeps bugging me to come in for a job interview. How to politley decline?

eatlunchinpeaceI'm in between jobs at the moment and have some temp work I've been doing to pay the bills. Often time's I work with, or at least see, the same people. The other day someone started asking me all of these interview questions. It was very sudden. The questions were uncomfortable, especially since ...

 
 
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3:53 AM
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Q: How can I scold my juniors without annoying them?

Afiq A.I'm a senior at my school. A socially-awkward prefect, actually. Because of my shyness, I often ignore my juniors' misbehaviours, leading them to be spoilt.Also, they don't really care about what we seniors say because most of us are shy too. Our teachers are mad with the juniors because of their...

 
 
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NVZ
6:24 AM
Real Awkward Silence here: Will Smith's date with Sophia.
 
 
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11:01 AM
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Q: How to tell girl she cannot raid with us due to bad performance

MansNotHotI play WoW in a extremely nice guild for the better part of two months now. We are a casual semi-hardcore raiding guild, so raidperformance is still rather important, and if someone does not meet the standards he/she sadly cannot raid until he/she improves significantly. Normal procedure. Mostly...

 
11:54 AM
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Q: How can I stop hating my Mother-in-Law and have a more open attitude?

AnonymousMy mother-in-law, as I had heard before marriage, was supposed to be a very nice and open-minded person. But she turned out to be exactly opposite of it, at least towards me. She is not a well educated person. (Though I strongly believe that only formal education does not inculcate values.) We no...

 
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A: How to establish boundaries with a roommate without confrontation?

EdgarI think you should be confrontational if someone else sleeps in your bed without your permission. And you should be confrontational if people blatantly ignore you. Tell your roommate you won't tolerate this kind of behavior anymore. And if she i.e. locks the door knock on the door until she open...

Doesn't this answer violate the main rule of IPS (not site), non-violence communication?
 
@AJ yeah, I think so
especially this part: "And if you have to knock for an hour with a big hammer then do that."
I've flagged the answer as rude / abusive ...
 
12:48 PM
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Q: Negotiations on returns

pauljI purchased a dress shirt from store that I shop from often. I washed the shirt and the button came off. I have several dress shirts and have washed them dozens of time, without problems. I went to return the shirt since its quality was in question. The store manager kept attempting to negotiate...

 
1:11 PM
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Q: How to refuse politely to play with someone as a streamer

Gil SandI'm a new (game) streamer, I don't have a massive audience, and I find myself in quite a challenge. Often when I play, some viewers will ask if they can play with me (or us if I'm already playing with friends). The reason I do not want to play with what we call "randoms", as in, random people f...

 
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1:25 PM
@Rainbacon This is one of the magics of this site.
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Is there anyway to easily see what that was a reply to if the message is of the sceen?
Is it the rep cap comment?
 
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Q: How to deal with a friend who is "throwing" online games

Java JiveI have a friend with whom I have been playing a certain online game for many years. I also play with his wife. I have been friends with both of them for over three decades, first individually, and then as a couple after they got married. They are both very competitive, as am I. We all good-na...

 
@Rainbacon click on the arrow.
 
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@Rainbacon Click the little arrow on the left of the message.
 
Ah, that's kind of an annoying way to do that
 
Sid
1:41 PM
I still don't understand what the comment bot does...
 
@Sid If I understand it correctly, it checks all new comments posted against several regexes that have been defined as commonly flaggable comments. If any match then it posts the comment here
There's a misconception I've seen a few times that the comment bot automatically flags comments. That is false
 
Sid
@Rainbacon how are "commonly flaggable comments" defined?
 
With regular expressions that are defined by the users. I believe that @Mithrandir could tell you more about it.
 
!!/regexes
...right, that doesn't work not in the control room
Oh, D'Arvit, it lost the websocket connection again, so it can't hear anything
@Sid there are several different ones - for instance, the latest one was caught because it contained the word "agree", which is often indicative of a comment that is not requesting clarification/suggesting improvements
There's another one for +1 comments
And one for "an answer, but", which is commonly found in answers in comments
Things like that. It's not the most accurate, but I believe it's helpful
 
Sid
2:02 PM
So, basically, the bot is just searching for comments that can be flagged...
 
Yes
The idea is to point out possibly problematic things so that users don't have to go looking for them.
It makes moderating the site a little bit easier
 
2:31 PM
Although, I don't know if I've actually flagged that many comments posted by the bot. Usually the others beat me to them
 
 
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8:38 PM
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Q: Is it possible to rekindle someone who lost his spark?

ShamisI have tried to find similar topic with no luck. Maybe I just don't know the right keywords to ask. So if there is already an answer to this question I am sorry. The situation: I had a long time friend. We could talk hours about everything and nothing. Then I switched cities for university and w...

 
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Q: Help required for approaching a crush after awkward scenario

devI'm 25 and have a huge crush on this girl who is 29. We were working in the same office and were casual friends. I guess she also likes me as I noticed her staring me several times. Also, she was the first to initiate the conversation most of the times when we met in the office (I am a bit of shy &...

 

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