It's difficult to come up with a reply to that which doesn't mostly consist of "arrgh!" and beating my head against the monitor.
Much sympathy. I've often wrestled with the idea of trying to get a post concentrating on one topic, and not getting sucked into a nearby messy topic.
(And do you ever read Raymond Chen's blog? His nitpicker's corner is similar, although more about the little questions than the big ones)
Alas, it seems that making bigger disclaimers often don't help. Partly from a natural desire to explore any interesting question raised -- even in a "Hey, I know you didn't want to talk about FOO, but you really should have mentioned BAR if you mentioned FOO". And simply that having the disclaimer draw attention.
I'm slowly coming to the idea that it's better to say less and hope no-one notices the messy question, or at most throwing in an aside ("of course, there's a lot to say abot FOO I haven't")
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Much sympathy. I've often wrestled with the idea of trying to get a post concentrating on one topic, and not getting sucked into a nearby messy topic.
(And do you ever read Raymond Chen's blog? His nitpicker's corner is similar, although more about the little questions than the big ones)
Alas, it seems that making bigger disclaimers often don't help. Partly from a natural desire to explore any interesting question raised -- even in a "Hey, I know you didn't want to talk about FOO, but you really should have mentioned BAR if you mentioned FOO". And simply that having the disclaimer draw attention.
I'm slowly coming to the idea that it's better to say less and hope no-one notices the messy question, or at most throwing in an aside ("of course, there's a lot to say abot FOO I haven't")