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I want to inline a linked reference and provide a summary as a form of protecting the reference against link-rot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_
by mjevans 10y ago
I want to inline a linked reference and provide a summary as a form of protecting the reference against link-rot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_No_Asshole_Rule
Their unpleasant behaviours were catalogued by Sutton as The Dirty Dozen: (Robert Cipriano (2011), "No Jerks Allowed in This Department", Facilitating a Collegial Department in Higher Education, John Wiley and Sons, ISBN 978-1-118-10764-5)
Insults
Violation of personal space
Unsolicited touching
Threats
Sarcasm
Flames
Humiliation
Shaming
Interruption
Backbiting
Glaring
Snubbing
- throw12912 10y agoThe problem with this list is that there are vastly more refined ways of being an asshole, which no list can catch. So these coarse lists are often suggested by the refined assholes so that no one can call them out. Civility is a very powerful weapon of keeping power structures in place.
- bittercynic 10y agoCivility can also be a powerful weapon in dismantling corrupt power structures. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi
- dang 10y agoI think all that is true, but that argument is also sometimes invoked to excuse garden-variety incivility that a person ought to just take care of.
- ank_the_elder 10y agoBut surely threats and sarcasm are not at the same level...?
- Chris2048 10y agoWhat some of these miss are context. It matters who threw the first punch. If snub you because you keep insulting me...