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Best I can tell is satire

by allanmacgregor 8y ago

lazyloop 8y ago
Dangerous not to make that more clear if true.
- deleted 8y ago
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- jxcl 8y ago
  Isn't the whole point of good satire that it's not immediately evident whether it's a joke or not? Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous.
  - cm2187 8y ago
    > Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous. Watch the twitter mob forming outside the window!
    - danielvf 8y ago
      You can watch the mob forming in realtime. https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlite&src=typd https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlite&src=typd > "I hope there are discussions at REDACTED today about whether featuring SQLite on their front page is consistent with their values." > "The message is clear: if you're concerned about diversity, decency, and inclusiveness, stay well away from the SQLite project." > "I wonder if SQLite Consortium member organizations @mozilla, NDS association, @BentleySystems, @expensify, @business were consulted on this move." > "This is the as*le: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp … (thanks @weigandtLabs for finding that out). He _is_ the main SQLite dev. And that's the community he's building. So SQLite is now dead -- or, at least, it should be."
      - cm2187 8y ago
        Pathetic. I am not a user of twitter precisely because I have no interest in reading those sort of reactions. But I am strangely fascinated by this continuous stream of 1st degree, knee jerk reactions, it's kind of like watching shit flowing out of a bull's ass...
OskarS 8y ago
47. Keep death daily before your eyes. Oh, don't worry SQLite, I do. I fucking hope it's satire. Even so, this page should be nuked from orbit. It's shocking that SQLite would allow such a page on their domain.
- benjohnson 8y ago
  If you're curious - this practice is so you don't squander your life. Reminders of death are uncomfortable so we tend to avoid them - but they can properly spur us to life with vigor in the time we have. When I was an athiest, I thought it was good advice at the time.
wyclif 8y ago
I must inform you that this is not satire.

Best I can tell is satire

lazyloop 8y ago

Dangerous not to make that more clear if true.

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jxcl 8y ago
Isn't the whole point of good satire that it's not immediately evident whether it's a joke or not? Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous.
- cm2187 8y ago
  > Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous. Watch the twitter mob forming outside the window!
  - danielvf 8y ago
    You can watch the mob forming in realtime. https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlite&src=typd https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlite&src=typd > "I hope there are discussions at REDACTED today about whether featuring SQLite on their front page is consistent with their values." > "The message is clear: if you're concerned about diversity, decency, and inclusiveness, stay well away from the SQLite project." > "I wonder if SQLite Consortium member organizations @mozilla, NDS association, @BentleySystems, @expensify, @business were consulted on this move." > "This is the as*le: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp … (thanks @weigandtLabs for finding that out). He _is_ the main SQLite dev. And that's the community he's building. So SQLite is now dead -- or, at least, it should be."
    - cm2187 8y ago
      Pathetic. I am not a user of twitter precisely because I have no interest in reading those sort of reactions. But I am strangely fascinated by this continuous stream of 1st degree, knee jerk reactions, it's kind of like watching shit flowing out of a bull's ass...

OskarS 8y ago

47. Keep death daily before your eyes. Oh, don't worry SQLite, I do. I fucking hope it's satire. Even so, this page should be nuked from orbit. It's shocking that SQLite would allow such a page on their domain.

benjohnson 8y ago
If you're curious - this practice is so you don't squander your life. Reminders of death are uncomfortable so we tend to avoid them - but they can properly spur us to life with vigor in the time we have. When I was an athiest, I thought it was good advice at the time.

wyclif 8y ago

I must inform you that this is not satire.