I don't think that "bikeshedding" is a good name for what it represents, we should discuss alternatives
March 31, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I don't think that "bikeshedding" is a good name for what it represents, we should discuss alternatives
Bikeshedding and finger wagging are really not the valuable contributions some people think they are. #3E
Bikeshedding: the amount of time spent discussing a topic is inversely proportional to its importance. - Parkinson's Law of Triviality
Bikeshedding: the amount of time spent discussing a topic is inversely proportional to its importance. - Parkinson's Law of Triviality
February 8, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Bikeshedding and finger wagging are really not the valuable contributions some people think they are. #3E
Bikeshedding: the amount of time spent discussing a topic is inversely proportional to its importance. - Parkinson's Law of Triviality
Bikeshedding: the amount of time spent discussing a topic is inversely proportional to its importance. - Parkinson's Law of Triviality
Bluesky has gone from doing AI daemonology to provider bikeshedding
September 22, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Bluesky has gone from doing AI daemonology to provider bikeshedding
endless bikeshedding
September 24, 2026 at 12:14 PM
endless bikeshedding
yes
they are fuckin bikeshedding while rome burns
they are fuckin bikeshedding while rome burns
July 10, 2024 at 9:16 PM
yes
they are fuckin bikeshedding while rome burns
they are fuckin bikeshedding while rome burns
I'm bikeshedding on my pronouns
November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I'm bikeshedding on my pronouns
The interesting thing is how once again, bikeshedding appears in bribes.
Bribes are almost always pocket change. Small, often ridiculously inexpensive amounts for the services rendered.
Bribes are almost always pocket change. Small, often ridiculously inexpensive amounts for the services rendered.
June 15, 2024 at 12:50 PM
The interesting thing is how once again, bikeshedding appears in bribes.
Bribes are almost always pocket change. Small, often ridiculously inexpensive amounts for the services rendered.
Bribes are almost always pocket change. Small, often ridiculously inexpensive amounts for the services rendered.
And importantly, all of this bikeshedding bullshit will be immediately visible as such.
The US government was the largest employer of Black women. DOGE fired so many Black women that their unemployment rate skyrocketed.
The US government was the largest employer of Black women. DOGE fired so many Black women that their unemployment rate skyrocketed.
August 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
And importantly, all of this bikeshedding bullshit will be immediately visible as such.
The US government was the largest employer of Black women. DOGE fired so many Black women that their unemployment rate skyrocketed.
The US government was the largest employer of Black women. DOGE fired so many Black women that their unemployment rate skyrocketed.
"Have we picked the paint color yet" (bikeshedding joke)
May 2, 2024 at 11:53 PM
"Have we picked the paint color yet" (bikeshedding joke)
Good article reminded me a bit of the idea of parkinsons law of triviality (or bikeshedding)
March 13, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Good article reminded me a bit of the idea of parkinsons law of triviality (or bikeshedding)
So you know they will focus on bikeshedding stuff, stuff that makes no sense at all when you look from it to the tesla battery explosion that is literally anything this administration has touched.
August 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
So you know they will focus on bikeshedding stuff, stuff that makes no sense at all when you look from it to the tesla battery explosion that is literally anything this administration has touched.
You *know* they'd be crowing about increasing the budget by 2%, changing policies to add 15,000 more eligible people, etc.
Like, policy wonkery and bikeshedding, presented as triumphs rather than putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.
Like, policy wonkery and bikeshedding, presented as triumphs rather than putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.
May 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
You *know* they'd be crowing about increasing the budget by 2%, changing policies to add 15,000 more eligible people, etc.
Like, policy wonkery and bikeshedding, presented as triumphs rather than putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.
Like, policy wonkery and bikeshedding, presented as triumphs rather than putting a bandaid on a sucking chest wound.
Ahhhh political bikeshedding
I think some people get more enthused about D primaries than general elections because there are actual substantive debates to be had there that aren’t “give the evil people more power Y/N” but the general is in fact what actually matters
July 12, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Ahhhh political bikeshedding
"Bikeshedding" is a potentially confusing term, we should discuss possible options for alternative names
December 19, 2024 at 4:46 PM
"Bikeshedding" is a potentially confusing term, we should discuss possible options for alternative names
The same dem consultants that bought us "nothing will fundamentally change" and "no daylight, kid" and muzzled Walz to a 30 second soundbite in support of trans people and are backing Cuomo and Adams against Mamdani, and supporting Newsom, would *love* to run on bikeshedding and policy wonkey.
August 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The same dem consultants that bought us "nothing will fundamentally change" and "no daylight, kid" and muzzled Walz to a 30 second soundbite in support of trans people and are backing Cuomo and Adams against Mamdani, and supporting Newsom, would *love* to run on bikeshedding and policy wonkey.
bsky.app/profile/pook...
You will never possibly rebuild NASA if you think you can do it without wholly and violently rejecting the status quo the fascists handed you.
Policy wonk bikeshedding "Well it's 10% now, we're fighting to bump it to as much as 12% by 2032" will not do it.
You will never possibly rebuild NASA if you think you can do it without wholly and violently rejecting the status quo the fascists handed you.
Policy wonk bikeshedding "Well it's 10% now, we're fighting to bump it to as much as 12% by 2032" will not do it.
A cool thing about the Dems being absolutely useless institution-fuckers is that if they did gain control again, they'll look at the mutilated, broken remnants of the FDA and NSF and such as sacred and reject out of hand any suggestion they need to be changed.
July 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
bsky.app/profile/pook...
You will never possibly rebuild NASA if you think you can do it without wholly and violently rejecting the status quo the fascists handed you.
Policy wonk bikeshedding "Well it's 10% now, we're fighting to bump it to as much as 12% by 2032" will not do it.
You will never possibly rebuild NASA if you think you can do it without wholly and violently rejecting the status quo the fascists handed you.
Policy wonk bikeshedding "Well it's 10% now, we're fighting to bump it to as much as 12% by 2032" will not do it.
holy shit, literal bikeshedding? Never thought I'd see it!
June 4, 2024 at 12:04 PM
holy shit, literal bikeshedding? Never thought I'd see it!
Personal rule: if your pr comment begins with "minor" or "nitpick", I'm ignoring it
I cannot stand bikeshedding ARGHHH!!!!!
I cannot stand bikeshedding ARGHHH!!!!!
March 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Personal rule: if your pr comment begins with "minor" or "nitpick", I'm ignoring it
I cannot stand bikeshedding ARGHHH!!!!!
I cannot stand bikeshedding ARGHHH!!!!!
This semantic debate really seems like bikeshedding to me.
September 20, 2026 at 6:35 PM
This semantic debate really seems like bikeshedding to me.
Also, bikeshedding *abounds*.
This is the problem about having all the smart people who are independent thinkers on your side: everyone can see the complexity so it's like we second-guess constantly which is great everywhere but morale-building and attracting voters.
July 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Also, bikeshedding *abounds*.
yea honestly it's a huge L on bsky side that this obvious growth hack is always killed by bikeshedding "how to do it properly".
@alexbenzer.com @esb.lol pls just ship something here, change it later
@alexbenzer.com @esb.lol pls just ship something here, change it later
Hey this incredible easy growth hack for the dev community is on mu.social now :D
Still wish we lived in the timeline where that actually shipped here
Still wish we lived in the timeline where that actually shipped here
a feature i and many others long wanted in bsky now on @mu.social: syntax highlighting, both directly in the post and for longer code as a @tangled.org string embed!
"we can just yolo-merge things!"
"we can just yolo-merge things!"
June 16, 2026 at 8:15 PM
yea honestly it's a huge L on bsky side that this obvious growth hack is always killed by bikeshedding "how to do it properly".
@alexbenzer.com @esb.lol pls just ship something here, change it later
@alexbenzer.com @esb.lol pls just ship something here, change it later
When, not if, the dems begin spouting consultant-approved bikeshedding nonsense, it'll viscerally repel vast swathes of their demographic.
Not many people will be enthused by a strong message that ICE simply needs better training, that we may add as many as 10,000 people to a housing program, etc
Not many people will be enthused by a strong message that ICE simply needs better training, that we may add as many as 10,000 people to a housing program, etc
August 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
When, not if, the dems begin spouting consultant-approved bikeshedding nonsense, it'll viscerally repel vast swathes of their demographic.
Not many people will be enthused by a strong message that ICE simply needs better training, that we may add as many as 10,000 people to a housing program, etc
Not many people will be enthused by a strong message that ICE simply needs better training, that we may add as many as 10,000 people to a housing program, etc
