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I don't understand the need for the sudden change. Like sure Linus could be blunt and direct. Like I understand some people would not expect that, but if I was

• solipsism 8y ago
  Must we go through this constantly? It's not that hard to understand. Blunt and direct are one thing. Needlessly personally offensive is another. You are fine with people who act like this. You'd assume you deserved it or you'd even feel honored. You're entitled to feel that way. Many others think there's no excuse for behaving in that way. We think it's destructive, and that Linus and Linux succeeded despite it. Many of us would never subject ourselves to such an environment. I get disagreeing. But what is so perplexing about it?
• sachasm 8y ago
  Well if you don't understand it's because you're a brain dead idiot. Anyone with even half a brain and who had ever been in a room with a functioning human being would implicitly understand the need for change and would have been expecting it for years. /linus style