Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy in 1882

Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy in 1882 by seanwilson on Thursday April 16, 2015 @03:54PM (#9390394)

Yeah, people equate TLDR with laziness but there's an infinity of new stuff to read so I want to be able to quickly evaluate if I want to read something before spending too much time on it.

I don't find articles that have a vague dramatic opening that gets you wondering where it's going works anymore.

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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy in 1882 by white-flame on Thursday April 16, 2015 @06:41PM (#9391163)

Same here. If I see an in media res opening on a supposedly informative article, I skip down a few paragraphs. If I still can't see the meat of the matter, I skip it.

Inform me, don't try to "entice" me towards your embellishments. Ain't nobody got time for that.

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Re:Eating Too Much Rice Almost Sank the Japanese Navy in 1882 by ptaipale on Friday April 17, 2015 @01:15AM (#9392369)

I, or one, don't really equate TLDR with laziness. I equate with "get rid of all that unnecessary bloat and clickbait headlines".

The headline of this article, in my opinion, should have been "too monotonic diet", not "too much rice".

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