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> GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion. I believe I did and was not attempting to be mean. You are being mean in assuming that I was trying to be me

> GP didn't contribute anything to any discussion. I believe I did and was not attempting to be mean. You are being mean in assuming that I was trying to be mean, so nanner nanner. My non-mean point is that to me geekness is the opposite of pretending and pretension. It means being reality adjacent to the point of social opprobrium. Maybe that definition is too idiosyncratic for you. But consider that if it is true, that sentence is self contradictory. Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? It seems to me that this terminal is an art project worthy of inspiring such a question.

mlevental 8y ago
everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact. >Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").
- hirundo 8y ago
  And now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me. If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?
  - mlevental 8y ago
    I'm not tone policing - I'm pointing out your tone.
- edoceo 8y ago
  My office mates and I have taken to a habit of calling out what we labeled "low effort criticism". Like when the criticizer uses in-specific language ("crud") or or points at obvious issues (UI on internal tool, rev 0.1). Months later we can mock our old selves, but getting called on it still stings. Sharpen the discourse skills
FakeComments 8y ago
I too read your comment as uselessly mean, and not at all an opening to discuss what it meant to be geeky.

mlevental 8y ago

everyone always comes back with the articulate and sophisticated expression of some kind of abstraction of the particular mean comment after the fact. >Does a discussion about what it means to be a geek add nothing? if that was your intent you should've said that instead of using the language that you did (words like "random crud" and "poser wannabe").

hirundo 8y ago
And now you're tone policing. I said just what it makes me feel like. You interpret that as a baseless attack on the author. I interpret it as honest feedback, how I feel about my inner geek. You are projecting your malice on me. If an artist told me "tell me what you think, but please keep your language moderate because I'm sensitive", I'd think they were doing themselves a disservice. You're clearly willing to not do that disservice to me. Thanks for that. Why shouldn't we give the artist behind this project the same privilege?
- mlevental 8y ago
  I'm not tone policing - I'm pointing out your tone.
edoceo 8y ago
My office mates and I have taken to a habit of calling out what we labeled "low effort criticism". Like when the criticizer uses in-specific language ("crud") or or points at obvious issues (UI on internal tool, rev 0.1). Months later we can mock our old selves, but getting called on it still stings. Sharpen the discourse skills

FakeComments 8y ago

I too read your comment as uselessly mean, and not at all an opening to discuss what it meant to be geeky.