The most annoying thing about editing in lichess

@tourdivoire #10 I agree. Which is why I never (intentionally) use them.
But posting it in the feedback won't change this.
I tried that before, I even tried to suggest a feature for users to individually disable it (from view and from casting). Never got an official reply.

Well, by continuously asking we may eventually succeed (same goes with bughouse) :)

I saw and enjoyed Avenue Q, but I'm not sure I'd be citing it as a point for race relations, just like I wouldn't use Book of Mormon as a treatise on theology.

And let's be honest: quite a bit has changed since Avenue Q debuted. I doubt the playwrights envisioned an explosion in hate crimes, a rise in extremist groups, or actual neo-Nazi marches complete with authentic Nazi slogans.

Singing 'everyone is a little bit racist' now comes across as trite, tone-deaf, or worse - justification for some of the grossest abuses we've seen in decades.

Plus, I don't think it has ever been proven that racism has ever helped mankind.

All this talk about racism in this thread is irrelevant.
It was only used to make an example, about some pros and cons of Lichess current "emoji reaction" system.

Note to self: don't mix lighthearted parody with controversial social commentary.

@tourdivoire I agree. I did some cursory searching and saw some papers that there may have been an advantage in shunning outgroups, but I think that's a tenuous link to racism. If the Romans invaded the British Isles a couple of thousand years ago, I have no idea why people have trouble accepting that Africans have crossed the Mediterranean Sea and have been part of Europe for hundreds of years, if not longer.

As a matter of fact, I would think the concept of warring against outgroups describes almost every conflict in Europe except for racial strife, and in any case I think Europe has been exemplary post-1945 with only one significant armed conflict which was fairly well contained whereas in the past it would have spilled over and lasted for decades.

Just remove all the upvotes AND the downvotes if you edit. Then it will be fair

Note to self: fluffy kittens are awesome.
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1. This thread should be in Lichess Feedback, and 2. #18 is very much correct.