the_inebriati

It it as utterly terrifying as it looks too an outsider?

Ah, so it’s, like, a brutalist, function over form preference?

From your perspective - yes, exactly that and I think that’s probably the best way you can understand it.

From my perspective, the old.reddit.com UI (with RES) is possibly the most beautifully designed web page I’ve ever encountered. I certainly couldn’t have used it almost daily for the past 12 years if that wasn’t the case.

I can focus on content much better when the UI is breathing. And I prefer clients that have images already expanded, to save me the clicks.

I can understand and respect that while thinking you’re insane. If I had to guess, your formative experience with technology was via touch screens and I think that would go a long way to explaining your preferences.

For me, post uniformity is important. It feels like I’m in control of the experience and I’m browsing rather than having things shoved in my face. I have Imagus installed so I only need to hover over a link to see the picture and so I can just look at the pictures I’m interested in - one at a time.

Full disclosure - my earliest experiences in the Internet were bulletin boards and that probably had a formative part in my preferences. I’m also probably undiagnosed something.

Information density and minimal whitespace. Can’t stand this trend of only using the middle third of the screen.

Not working for me.

We could, if we wanted, literally just decide

This is basically what it comes down to.

Unless you’re worried about Charlie sailing to France to raise a mercenary army, we can assume he’ll do exactly what he’s told.

Even if the Crown Estate was his personal property (which it isn’t) - parliament is sovereign and there’s more of us than him. We could just take it from him.

God, I hope long enough to see a Great British Republic.

I swear every monarchy-loving flag-shagger bases their entire personality off the same 4 minute, 12-year-old poorly researched youtube video.

No, Charlie Boy would not get to keep the Crown Estate were we to evict him.

At this point, you’re being downvoted for your obnoxious whining about being downvoted.

In that you know to avoid the weirdo in the corner wearing a “Ask me why I know morse code” t-shirt at the party?

Tl;dr Italy invented the pizza but the US invented the pizzeria.

Pretending you’re blind and deaf to popular culture (to the extent where you claim to have never heard of one of the best-selling artists of all time) is an order of magnitude more cringe and obnoxious than people who obsess over celebrities.