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Ha ha!\n\n\n\n[Pee-Wee tries to innocently exit, pushing his way gently outward against the tightly grouped circle of bikers surrounding him.]\n\n\n\nPee-Wee: Excuse me! Excuse me. Ha ha! ",{"_key":274,"_type":66,"marks":275,"text":276},"f0acfb47d9967",[93],"Excuse",{"_key":278,"_type":66,"marks":279,"text":280},"f0acfb47d9968",[]," me! Excuse me.",[],{"_key":283,"_type":62,"children":284,"markDefs":307,"style":82},"216a9e64b1d6",[285,289,294,298,303],{"_key":286,"_type":66,"marks":287,"text":288},"216a9e64b1d60",[],"(There's no way I can do this brilliant scene justice in text, so you should ",{"_key":290,"_type":66,"marks":291,"text":293},"216a9e64b1d61",[292],"bc2751c90524","watch the clip on YouTube",{"_key":295,"_type":66,"marks":296,"text":297},"216a9e64b1d62",[],". 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It's more of a general measurement of how committed new users are to at least ",{"_key":357,"_type":66,"marks":358,"text":260},"5d0d9b993c751",[93],{"_key":360,"_type":66,"marks":361,"text":362},"5d0d9b993c752",[]," to fit in to the community they just walked in to. As Pee-Wee proved, being the nerdy guy in the biker bar can work -- so long as you're willing to dance the Tequila song with us.",[],true,"2010\u002F11\u002F29",{"code":367,"language":368},"\u003Cp>I recently had a \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fmeta.gaming.stackexchange.com\u002Fquestions\u002F1455\u002Fwhat-is-the-point-of-help-me-remember-this-game-questions\">long discussion\u003C\u002Fa> on gaming meta regarding \"Help me remember this game\" questions. 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Even the 'same' URL rewriting question can have different solutions depending on which audience it's being presented to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's why I recommend considering these gray area questions in the context of the \u003Cem>user\u003C\u002Fem>. \u003Cstrong>Does this user \u003Cem>belong\u003C\u002Fem> here on this site with us?\u003C\u002Fstrong> Or is it the guy in the nerdy suit who just walked into the biker bar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=UVKsd8z6scw\">\u003Cimg src=\"http:\u002F\u002Fstackoverflow.blog\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2017\u002F02\u002FMud0R.jpg\" alt=\"\">\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cblockquote>\n\u003Cp>[Pee-Wee Herman walks into a noisy, rowdy, crowded biker bar. He puts a coin in the pay phone and begins dialing.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pee-Wee:\nWhat? I'm sorry, operator. I can't hear you. 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