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some people who contribute to open source projects are really nice and considerate people, and some are dicks. When someone makes significant contributions, peo

some people who contribute to open source projects are really nice and considerate people, and some are dicks. When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of dickish behavior and shrug it of as the behavior of a slightly eccentric genius. But for everyone else, people won’t put up with your shit. If you want people to accept your contributions, be nice, and don’t be a dick.

ioquatix 9y ago
> some people who contribute to open source projects are really nice and considerate people, and some are vaginas. When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of vaginaish behavior and shrug it of as the behavior of a slightly eccentric genius. But for everyone else, people won’t put up with your shit. If you want people to accept your contributions, be nice, and don’t be a vagina.
- ferbivore 9y ago
  We typically use the word "cunt", since "vagina" doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely.
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  - ioquatix 9y ago
    If you are looking for an inclusive gender-neutral variant, "ass" is probably the best. Although I tend to avoid such language in general as it comes across as immature and detracts from an otherwise valid argument. I'm all for freedom of speech, but I'm also for inclusive language. My satirical response was really just to draw attention to that.
    - PrimHelios 9y ago
      "Cunt" is pretty gender-neutral. I don't think I've met a single person who uses it exclusively for men or women.
      - ionised 9y ago
        The gender-specificity of 'cunt' seems to be exclusively a US thing.
DanBC 9y ago
> When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of dickish behavior Sometimes known as "vested contributor". This is a problem people need to be aware of. It's probably a bad idea to tolerate poor behaviour. http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor
- cholantesh 9y ago
  Or a 'high performer'.

ioquatix 9y ago

> some people who contribute to open source projects are really nice and considerate people, and some are vaginas. When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of vaginaish behavior and shrug it of as the behavior of a slightly eccentric genius. But for everyone else, people won’t put up with your shit. If you want people to accept your contributions, be nice, and don’t be a vagina.

ferbivore 9y ago
We typically use the word "cunt", since "vagina" doesn't roll off the tongue as nicely.
- deleted 9y ago
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- ioquatix 9y ago
  If you are looking for an inclusive gender-neutral variant, "ass" is probably the best. Although I tend to avoid such language in general as it comes across as immature and detracts from an otherwise valid argument. I'm all for freedom of speech, but I'm also for inclusive language. My satirical response was really just to draw attention to that.
  - PrimHelios 9y ago
    "Cunt" is pretty gender-neutral. I don't think I've met a single person who uses it exclusively for men or women.
    - ionised 9y ago
      The gender-specificity of 'cunt' seems to be exclusively a US thing.

DanBC 9y ago

> When someone makes significant contributions, people tolerate a bit of dickish behavior Sometimes known as "vested contributor". This is a problem people need to be aware of. It's probably a bad idea to tolerate poor behaviour. http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor http://meatballwiki.org/wiki/VestedContributor

cholantesh 9y ago
Or a 'high performer'.