Firefox taking a hard line against noisy video, banning it from autoplaying

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[–]wizzwizz4 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Please stop autoquoting, /u/MartinTimothy. This is actually a good comment; I've no cause against it otherwise.

But quoting implies that somebody else is saying it, and your constant use of quotes when you're not quoting anybody is wrecking havok on my internal reading heuristics. It's really irritating.

[–]CockeyeBob 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Don't worry too much about what I'm doing sport you worry about y'self heuristics my arse.

[–]wizzwizz4 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

heuristics pl (plural only)
[…]
3. (psychology, by extension) Simple, efficient rules which people often use to form judgments and make decisions.

— Wiktionary

See? That's how you quote.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I know right?

[–]wizzwizz4 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

… I give up. :-p