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		modifier on Nov 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A foodie repents articles which begin with a long section of blithering about the author's background, family, or cats. It's part formula, part filler to meet word count. My eye immediately skips down a few paragraphs so I can get to the point.

LanceH on Nov 3, 2014 [–]

My eye moves on to another article. It's particularly frustrating on this site where informative titles for the links are considered editorial and get swapped back to the typical link-bait title.

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