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Comment author: torekp 01 February 2011 01:14:23AM 0 points [-]

If you ask what should_MattSimpson be done, the short answer is maximize my preferences.

I find the talk of "should_MattSimpson" very unpersuasive given the availability of alternative phrasings such as "approved_MattSimpson" or "valued_MattSimpson". I have read below that EY discourages such talk, but it seems that's for different reasons than mine. Could someone please point me to at least one post in the sequence which (almost/kinda/sorta) motivates such phrasings?

Comment author: Matt_Simpson 01 February 2011 09:43:58PM 0 points [-]

Alternate phrasings such as those you listed would probably be less confusing, i.e. replacing "should" in "should_X" with "valued" and reserving "should" for "valued_human".