RobertLumley comments on I hate TL;DR - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RobertLumley 20 September 2011 12:19:48PM *  1 point [-]

This is a good suggestion of a third alternative, although one aspect I like about tl;dr is that in a way it "reclaims" the word for polite usage from the rude usage that it's typically associated with.

Comment author: Dan_Moore 21 September 2011 04:56:56PM 0 points [-]

I wonder what the clue will be (or was) the first time 'tldr' is included in, say the NY Times crossword puzzle.

Comment author: pedanterrific 21 September 2011 05:02:56PM 3 points [-]

17 Across: the Wall Street Journal.