5 ms·

A perennial favorite. I never get enough of a person stating their opinions in such assertive terms.

jowiar 10y ago
As I've grown up, I've realized that "such assertive terms" tend to translate to "I have an unfettered view of the inside of my ass, and I'm positive what everything looks like in here".
- sdegutis 10y ago
  I once read that those who are prideful (i.e. arrogant, conceited, pompous) are universally despised, because those who are humble recognize and abhor the ugliness of this vice, and those who are prideful can't stand the thought others thinking they're better than them.
  - paulpauper 10y ago
    but then why are many assertive, pompous people successful, but that I don't think that describes Stallman though. He seems pretty down to earth
    - LeifCarrotson 10y ago
      Being successful does not imply not being despised. In fact, it often seems the two are positively correlated. Success is often shorthand for wealth and power, and there's a lot more to life than that.
    - deleted 10y ago
      [deleted]
  - oldmanjay 10y ago
    No one is universally despised. I can prove it, because I despise no one.
    - sdegutis 10y ago
      That's not what I meant. Universally meaning, not on an individual basis, but categorical basis, of whether each person is humble or not. It's along the lines of the phrase "there's two types of people" where everyone belongs to either one group or another. Why is semantically correct communication so inherently difficult? Why was this comment of mine necessary? I once heard this is why Latin became the universal language: because it had much more nuance and complexity than other languages, which as it turned out was necessary when managing an empire that spanned the known world, so no other language would do.
      - oldmanjay 10y ago
        You used a tremendous number of words to clarify your meaning but haven't changed my understanding of the word 'universally' at all.
        sdegutis 10y ago
        In my dictionary, "universally" has two definitions: "by everyone" and "in every case". You're only using the first definition. I'm using the second one.
- eeZah7Ux 10y ago
  ...yet Stallman's warnings and predictions keep being right, year after year, decade after decade.
  - oldmanjay 10y ago
    Care to list them?
    - R_haterade 10y ago
      There is an entire subreddit devoted to examples of things he warned us about: https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/
      - oldmanjay 10y ago
        Sure, but they do things like misapply the label "freedom to read" on an article that seems to mainly be about not getting the entertainment one might desire on the terms one might desire. I was hoping for something more rigorous than preaching to the choir.

As I've grown up, I've realized that "such assertive terms" tend to translate to "I have an unfettered view of the inside of my ass, and I'm positive what everything looks like in here".

sdegutis 10y ago
I once read that those who are prideful (i.e. arrogant, conceited, pompous) are universally despised, because those who are humble recognize and abhor the ugliness of this vice, and those who are prideful can't stand the thought others thinking they're better than them.
- paulpauper 10y ago
  but then why are many assertive, pompous people successful, but that I don't think that describes Stallman though. He seems pretty down to earth
  - LeifCarrotson 10y ago
    Being successful does not imply not being despised. In fact, it often seems the two are positively correlated. Success is often shorthand for wealth and power, and there's a lot more to life than that.
  - deleted 10y ago
    [deleted]
- oldmanjay 10y ago
  No one is universally despised. I can prove it, because I despise no one.
  - sdegutis 10y ago
    That's not what I meant. Universally meaning, not on an individual basis, but categorical basis, of whether each person is humble or not. It's along the lines of the phrase "there's two types of people" where everyone belongs to either one group or another. Why is semantically correct communication so inherently difficult? Why was this comment of mine necessary? I once heard this is why Latin became the universal language: because it had much more nuance and complexity than other languages, which as it turned out was necessary when managing an empire that spanned the known world, so no other language would do.
    - oldmanjay 10y ago
      You used a tremendous number of words to clarify your meaning but haven't changed my understanding of the word 'universally' at all.
      - sdegutis 10y ago
        In my dictionary, "universally" has two definitions: "by everyone" and "in every case". You're only using the first definition. I'm using the second one.
eeZah7Ux 10y ago
...yet Stallman's warnings and predictions keep being right, year after year, decade after decade.
- oldmanjay 10y ago
  Care to list them?
  - R_haterade 10y ago
    There is an entire subreddit devoted to examples of things he warned us about: https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/ https://www.reddit.com/r/StallmanWasRight/
    - oldmanjay 10y ago
      Sure, but they do things like misapply the label "freedom to read" on an article that seems to mainly be about not getting the entertainment one might desire on the terms one might desire. I was hoping for something more rigorous than preaching to the choir.