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They didn't say it was a bad thing. Just that it's what happens. I've noticed lately that people seem to assume that if you say something negative, you're tryi
by erikpukinskis 8y ago
They didn't say it was a bad thing. Just that it's what happens.
I've noticed lately that people seem to assume that if you say something negative, you're trying to make a big existential claim about its place in the universe.
Like when people criticize masculinity and then we are all aghast as if they said masculinity needs to be systematically extracted from all aspects of culture.
I'm not sure which side of the equation needs to be more careful though. Maybe, in the internet age with the globe as your audience, if people are criticizing things they need to add a bunch of caveats to make it clear what they're not saying.
- crazygringo 8y agoThe first sentence literally calls it the "tragedy of software engineering". I don't think I'm making an unwarranted assumption that the author means it's a bad thing.