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Comment on search strings, March 2010 by Elsa

Elsa — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:31:10 +0000

And in conversation, that makes sense, as a disclaimer: I didn’t leave it out on purpose. But when searching for food safety guidelines, it’s just empty words.

My point is that a good search string should be designed to find information, not to make the searcher feel less like a dummy.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by gaoo

gaoo — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:14:47 +0000

“Left on counter” means “I was doing something specific with it -thawing, cooling, etc.- but then I spaced it and went to bed.” Instead of randomly, say, leaving it in the trunk of the car or in a backpack. Or on the driveway. What I hate is when I take something out of the freezer just to reach something else, and then find the first thing on top of the fridge days later all squelchy.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:57:54 +0000

“left pulled pork on the driveway is it still go—”

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by jagosaurus

jagosaurus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:39:24 +0000

Might as well leave it out on top of the TV. Might have to use duct tape to keep it in place though.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:32:15 +0000

I always wonder why they specify “on the counter.” “Left out overnight” is enough, right? The counter doesn’t have some special food-safety magic, does it?

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by jagosaurus

jagosaurus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:06:05 +0000

Also, I assume that if I leave a duck on the counter overnight, it probably won’t be there in the morning. They like to wander about a bit, especially if they are being crowded by the clams also left out on the counter.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:59:12 +0000

Oh, that’s my error: in all the other examples, I cut out the number of searchers who found us using that string, e.g., “how long can beef stay in a 60 degree ho 2.”

Yup. Two searches for that. (Or, more likely, one person who clicked it twice. But still.)

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by jagosaurus

jagosaurus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:58:26 +0000

It’s the best line in there, and there are so many good ones.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by jagosaurus

jagosaurus — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:56:39 +0000

That’s how I feel too.

Also: “left giblet bag in chicken 2″ makes me wonder what in god’s name they left in chicken 1.

Comment on search strings, March 2010 by Elsa

Elsa — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:55:37 +0000

And I find my reaction to these questions is about evenly split between, “Well, people ate for thousands upon thousands of years without refrigeration, so meh,” and “OH SWEET MERCY YOU FOOL DO YOU WANT TO DIE?” I have surprisingly little middle way.