tko

I don't think I'd call them assholes... more just shortsighted about the realities of selling an album, specifically in how you refer to the album both in speech and in writing.

I'm not sure why the origin of the question should matter... if it's getting engagement here, then it's all good!

When it comes to work, I "Reply All" by default for this exact reason. The only time I modify recipients is if I'm starting a side conversation that not everybody needs to be involved in.

Broadcast emails, or emails asking for individual responses are the only time I would use "Reply". However, I think in those circumstances the sender should be using "BCC" rather than "To" or "CC" in order to prevent annoying "Reply All" messages.

I don't think that's harmless...

Front door of your place to desk in the office seems like a good measurement, right?

If everything prior to you exiting your front door is identical between WFH and commuting, then yes. But if you spend more time getting ready to go into the office than you do for WFH, then I think you have to count that getting ready time as well.

The engagement is what's valuable. You can't have engagement without content, that's true. However, content without engagement is worthless.

With that in mind, if you "steal" a post from reddit and it generates engagement over here, nobody will have any problems with that. However, if you "steal" a bunch of posts from reddit and spam them over here, they probably won't get engagement and therefore only serve to clutter the feed with empty content.

It's important to remember that Lemmy and the Fediverse is a community, just like reddit is a community. Each of those communities behaves differently and has different expectations. Once you learn the community and the expectations, it becomes a lot easier to understand what you should and should not post.

Loans are different from lines of credit... loans don't have an "available credit" associated with them. The reason your score might go down when you pay off student loan is because you're reducing the number of open accounts you have, and also possibly reducing the diversity of accounts (lines of credit vs. installment loans).

Disclaimer: I'm not saying this is a good system, just explaining how it works.

Huh?

I can't imagine how "pretty good" could mean "better than good." Most of the examples posted here are talking about how something relates to your expectations, but that's not the question. Yes, "pretty good" is often used to describe something that is better than expected, but that doesn't make it better than "good."

For example, it doesn't make sense to say "$50 is good, but $100 is pretty good!"

I do think "pretty good" is often used as an understated way to say that something is very good, e.g. "Yeah, Messi is pretty good at soccer." However, that's a play on the actual meaning of the phrase, and should not be construed as the actual meaning.

they bring some of their failed policies with them

Can you elaborate on what you mean by this?

Count Chocula

The question is not "is it better than a normal vacation?" where of course the answer is "no." Rather, the question is "is it better than your regular work routine?" The answer to that depends on a lot of factors: your specific job, personality, personal finances, family obligations, etc. I think there are lots of circumstances where it could make sense for some people.