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But is that advice less callous/from-the-internet-abyss if a therapist were to give it? (I am not a licensed therapist or anything). I got the feeling from the

But is that advice less callous/from-the-internet-abyss if a therapist were to give it? (I am not a licensed therapist or anything). I got the feeling from the article that it was more like someone sending a drive-by email along the lines of "wow this code is bad, I could have done it completely different, you're not even that good of python" after he submitted some patch that a less toxic person would have thanked him for or something.

jnoller 11y ago
Nooooooo - it wasn't a drive by email about a patch. It was rot from personalities and bad actors questioning every aspect of being part of a community, trying to push for change, lead, etc. Luckily, I am in fact talking to a licensed therapist and they disagree with your assessment provided additional context and that's ok. The internet is a hard place for empathy.