> The author of "Choose boring technology" regretted the choice of the word "boring"

Well, yes, but only in the sense that people kept giving him beef about how boring is a bad word in their mind, not because it was a bad word for this context per se. Which is somewhat ironic given your comment!

I suppose what you're getting at is the difference between boring, and "boooooriiiiiing".

▲

adastra22 4 days ago | parent [-]

If “boring” coveys the wrong, and at times even opposite meaning in listeners ears, then “boring” was a bad word choice, even in context.

▲

worthless-trash 4 days ago | parent [-]

There is no good choice of words, because you can not control how people interpret language.

Everything at some point will be interpreted incorrectly.

▲

jama211 3 days ago | parent [-]

By that logic all communication is impossible.

In reality, a choice of word that is interpreted close to correctly by most people is a better choice of words than a choice of word that is interpreted close to incorrectly by most people.

	▲	lioeters 3 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> By that logic all communication is impossible I interpreted it as implying all communication is imperfect, more or less. Each speaker and listener uses language from their own personal context, and reads meaning into each word from their experience, education, even personal preferences. As for "boring", I feel it was the right word at the time. It's a rhetorical trick, maybe a click bait, to use a word in an unusual way to get attention. Here the word boring, typically negative, is used in a positive encouraging manner. That makes me want to read more to find out why.
	▲	nitwit005 3 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Some people will interpret any negativity about things they're a fan of as a personal insult. You can't fix that, as people can always choose to be offended. An optimum might exist, but it might not be meaningfully better than any other option.