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This is laughable. What would you consider a "personal" insult?

by okal 8y ago

flukus 8y ago
Something personal to an individual, insulting their looks, background, family, etc. If you call me a dickhead it's not a personal insult, call me fat it's getting there and when it's that [redacted] event when I was drunk a few weeks ago it's personal. Anyone that find that Linus spray as "brutally personal" needs a cup of cement.
- jamienicol 8y ago
  There are plenty of people who don't like being called dickheads and choose not to work in those environments. I will never contribute a line of code upstream to the kernel, as will plenty more people who are much smarter than I am. You and Linus and all his fanboys will no doubt say the kernel is better off without us.
- treatpeoplewell 8y ago
  If you showed me the sentence "If you call me a dickhead it's not a personal insult" removed from all context I would immediately know that it could only have been posted by a brain genius at Hacker News.
  - flukus 8y ago
    > I would immediately know that it could only have been posted by a brain genius at Hacker News. Have you ever worked or even associated with people in the blue collar world? Dickhead is tame enough to call your friends. Ever watched Gordon Ramsey? He might have better writers than most chefs but the abuse levels are industry wide.
    - treatpeoplewell 8y ago
      Dude, when you're in a hole, stop digging.
- Jasper_ 8y ago
  Since the people that enjoy arguing semantics and splitting hairs love a good "word definitions" argument, let's take a quick look at "personal". Merriam-Webster suggests "of, relating to, or affecting a particular person". So, let's ask ourselves, is the term "dickhead" personal? Does it relate to a particular person? I don't see it relating to anything else, so I'm going to go with "yes" on that one. But I could be missing something. What do you think it relates to?
  - flukus 8y ago
    https://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+personal&oq=define%3A+personal&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.7280j1j7&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+personal&oq=def... > 2. of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one's career or public life. A much more relevant definition in this context don't you think? It's their public work being attacked, not their private life.

This is laughable. What would you consider a "personal" insult?

by okal 8y ago

This is laughable. What would you consider a "personal" insult?

Something personal to an individual, insulting their looks, background, family, etc. If you call me a dickhead it's not a personal insult, call me fat it's getting there and when it's that [redacted] event when I was drunk a few weeks ago it's personal. Anyone that find that Linus spray as "brutally personal" needs a cup of cement.

jamienicol 8y ago
There are plenty of people who don't like being called dickheads and choose not to work in those environments. I will never contribute a line of code upstream to the kernel, as will plenty more people who are much smarter than I am. You and Linus and all his fanboys will no doubt say the kernel is better off without us.
treatpeoplewell 8y ago
If you showed me the sentence "If you call me a dickhead it's not a personal insult" removed from all context I would immediately know that it could only have been posted by a brain genius at Hacker News.
- flukus 8y ago
  > I would immediately know that it could only have been posted by a brain genius at Hacker News. Have you ever worked or even associated with people in the blue collar world? Dickhead is tame enough to call your friends. Ever watched Gordon Ramsey? He might have better writers than most chefs but the abuse levels are industry wide.
  - treatpeoplewell 8y ago
    Dude, when you're in a hole, stop digging.
Jasper_ 8y ago
Since the people that enjoy arguing semantics and splitting hairs love a good "word definitions" argument, let's take a quick look at "personal". Merriam-Webster suggests "of, relating to, or affecting a particular person". So, let's ask ourselves, is the term "dickhead" personal? Does it relate to a particular person? I don't see it relating to anything else, so I'm going to go with "yes" on that one. But I could be missing something. What do you think it relates to?
- flukus 8y ago
  https://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+personal&oq=define%3A+personal&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i58.7280j1j7&client=ms-android-motorola&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com.au/search?q=define%3A+personal&oq=def... > 2. of or concerning one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than one's career or public life. A much more relevant definition in this context don't you think? It's their public work being attacked, not their private life.