Re: [OT] language

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on Thu, Mar 24, 2005 at 11:59:27AM +0100, Torsten Luettgert ([email protected]) wrote:
> On Mi, 2005-03-23 at 22:13 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote:
> 
> > Jesus fuck, Adam, if you can't afford to buy a brain, could you at
> > _least_ find an affordable leasing arrangement?
> 
> Remarkable language for someone complaining about the rudeness of
> people in general and Gnome developers in particular.

I thought about that one before letting it fly, decided it was worth it.
Adam *really* needs to engage the thinking switch.

I generally don't go on about how people are supposed to be all nice and
cheesy to each other though.  That's where Waugh's hypocrisy gets really
old, really fast.

 
> How IS it possible that people tend to get angry after
> a while conferring with such a mild-mannered person?

In my experience, it's the non-reciprocal rule of GNOME civility:

  - Uncivil behavior generates uncivil responses.
  - Civil behavior generates uncivil responses.

That's what we call a lose-lose.

 
> [other expletives and rambling deleted].

Suggest you take another look at that.  There's a few years of meat on
them bones.
 
> > Peace.
> 
> And that really tops it off.

I prefer to think of it as bottoming it out, but yeah.


Peace.

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