tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post4288778157641650251..comments2024-03-28T12:32:43.870-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Sharing Wordle scores: "This is all madness."Neil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-26749517666477355042023-08-30T20:56:59.955-05:002023-08-30T20:56:59.955-05:00It’s a year later, and people are still posting th...It’s a year later, and people are still posting their Wordle scores. I just want to scream NOONE CARES. It is especially annoying since the game does not reveal the word. It’s like some secret little club. That I don’t care about. At all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-2466557184907780392022-03-27T08:54:38.202-05:002022-03-27T08:54:38.202-05:00I too, am tired of the Wordle posts. The colored ...I too, am tired of the Wordle posts. The colored boxes are just that - colored boxes. I don't look at them, I don't count them, and I don't analyze them..Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17681404370663613336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-77460155983049213562022-02-17T16:20:10.747-06:002022-02-17T16:20:10.747-06:00Do you play Wordle in "Hard Mode," Andy?...Do you play Wordle in "Hard Mode," Andy? (That means that once you've picked a correct letter, you must continue to use it in subsequent guesses.) I don't, and today's game is an example of why. Today, after my third word, I had 4 letters in the correct places. However, there were at least 5 words that would have fit with those letters, while I only had 3 guesses left. Not taking any chances, I "cheated" by playing a completely unrelated word using 3 of the letters that could complete the Wordle. When one of those came up green, I knew what to play for my 5th guess. (Had none of those been good, I still had one more try to use the 2 other letters of the 5 possible and still solve on the 6th try.) Had I been playing in hard mode, it would have just been a guessing game as to which of the 5 words was "it." In which case, hard mode just comes down to luck, which is why I don't like it.<br /><br />Sorry, EGDers, I'm sure that's way more than *anybody* wants to read about that! ; ) Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-83772147371938873272022-02-17T12:58:27.644-06:002022-02-17T12:58:27.644-06:00Two clever aspects of Wordle baked in by its creat...Two clever aspects of Wordle baked in by its creator were the easy grid-posting function and the once-a-day restriction.<br /><br />I can see folks being annoyed by a stream of Wordles on their Twitter or Facebook pages, even if they play. But it's so harmless, I'm surprised by how annoyed people are by it. Have you noticed Gene Weingarten's ongoing Twitter campaign mocking how easy the game is and folks' interest in posting their grids, Neil? (Conducted while still managing to let them know how he did that day -- he's a player, after all.)<br /><br />The ongoing Wordle saga featured an earth-shaking new chapter this week. Many are moaning that the words have gotten harder since the NYT bought it. Which, if true, is just a coincidence. They're using the same words as planned. For the most part! But, they've redacted some and it resulted in the original website posting a different word on Tuesday than the NYT website. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth ensued. (GNASH would be a pretty good Wordle BTW, methinks.)<br /><br />https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/15/22934587/wordle-solutions-changed-new-york-timesJakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-20397235838708231352022-02-17T11:56:03.355-06:002022-02-17T11:56:03.355-06:00I think the problem with getting ketchup on a hot ...I think the problem with getting ketchup on a hot dog at a Chicago Hot Dog place is that you are not ordering the dish that the place serves. Ketchup change the unique flavors savory....not sweet....of what makes a Chicago dog a Chicago dog. You aren't getting what these places are in business to do. (Any place that, when serving a Chicago Hot Dog, tries to pass of sweet relish for the neon green savor relish that the dish demands is clearly woefully misunderstanding of the dish ( I have seen this multiple times at places outside of Chicago where they tag this a "Chicago style hot dog). It would be like going to a cheesesteak place in Philly and asking them to put something other than whiz, American or provolone on. Goat Cheese may be delicious but it ain't what the place is in business to do. Go ahead and get ketchup but you aren't eating a Chicago style dog anymore. In my mind, You are eating as different a dish as Kugel is from Lasagna. Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16831580101168618303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-63577994129281641742022-02-17T11:21:27.394-06:002022-02-17T11:21:27.394-06:00I hate being led by the nose into something that&#...I hate being led by the nose into something that's already a big craze, I suppose mainly because I dislike having to go through the newbie phase of making dumb mistakes in full view of everyone else. I would much rather find a previously undiscovered niche interest of some sort, and master that before going public with it or seeking out others with the same interest. Thus I never got into Facebook, but have a rather successful 18-year career selling in certain categories on eBay.<br /><br />That said, I do like the Great Equalizer of this game, the fact that your first guess has a strong influence on how well you'll do in finding the answer before others in your social community. One bragging point I found for the first time in my solution this morning was that although it took me 5 lines to solve, I did it with zero mustard letters (right ones in the wrong position), just columns of green letters ending in a green row on Line 5. Simple and elegant.<br /><br />One other observation: while I don't know how one might cheat in finding the solution, I did learn how to cheat when texting my results to others. I thought something looked a little off in the color grid that Wordle pasted into my text window. Some poking at it with the cursor revealed that it wasn't a screenshot image, but a string of individual colored-square characters with newline commands ending each row. I could delete, move or copy-and-paste to my heart's content. "Hey, look, everybody! I got it in 2!"Andyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15875378656423252469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-87604641976123583642022-02-17T08:41:29.031-06:002022-02-17T08:41:29.031-06:00THANK YOU for putting your finger on what has alwa...THANK YOU for putting your finger on what has always annoyed me about that "no ketchup on hot dogs" nonsense -- its silly parochialism. <br /><br />As for Wordle, I got it in three twice in a row and I don't care who knows it.Bitter Scribehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645909858616987997noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-18784702733818169342022-02-17T07:54:10.379-06:002022-02-17T07:54:10.379-06:00The Wordle phenomenon is a result of the easy to s...The Wordle phenomenon is a result of the easy to share button you mentioned but also because it is an easy game to play. Much more so than a good crossword, sukodu, jumble, etc. <br />There is also that element of luck.<br />Scores mean absolutely nothing. Solving it in two or three guesses just means you guessed right. Today I had four of the five letters correctly located on my second guess but it took me two more tries to guess the right word. <br />Regarding Facebook, it does much more harm than good. Besides its unchecked distribution of misinformation, I just read an article in Time involving how poorly paid their content moderators in Nairobi are. Zuckerberg is not moving the human condition forward. Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16679840606511726447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-4238047340215569452022-02-17T06:34:18.931-06:002022-02-17T06:34:18.931-06:00Love the toilet comment. That will probably be pa...Love the toilet comment. That will probably be patented by the end of the day. Hope you got there first.Connellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406704590565406630noreply@blogger.com