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Body odor or halitosis are a no go. I don’t care how smart you are - I don’t want to enable future Stallmans. Though if you think you’re a future Stallman, not

Body odor or halitosis are a no go. I don’t care how smart you are - I don’t want to enable future Stallmans. Though if you think you’re a future Stallman, not showering is the least of your problems.) Is there some new trend of shitting on RMS this week? I realize he might not be perfect but I don't being disrespectful to the man who started GNU as the right thing to do.

aklemm 7y ago
I suppose there is a lesson in there that one should think hard before violating mores, but I agree jumping on a bandwagon to shit all over what's been an important legacy is pathetic.
ravenstine 7y ago
Don't you know that now it's not enough to disagree with someone, but to try and destroy them at any possible chance? Then again, RMS ate his own toe cheese on camera, so I guess it's hard not to use him as the archetypical computer genius with poor hygeine.
kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago
It just feels so pathetic. There was no need to mention him, the article was not about him, but such is the magic of mob mentality. Even those who would otherwise be on the sidelines feel compelled to join with their clubs and spears. It feels all the more pathetic when tom-dick-harries of the field do it. Like, you probably owe the existence of your career path to giants like him. Have some humility.
ThrowawayR2 7y ago
Could be that he's simply not a fan of RMS's philosophy on free software? There are plenty of people who don't object to working on proprietary software and systems. Either way though, the ding on RMS doesn't exactly impress.
JaimeThompson 7y ago
Some people don't think that wanting to punish people for using a non-FSF blessed license is something that should be supported. "If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs." RMS
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simlevesque 7y ago
I don't like that he kicks him while he's down but it's also not false. I saw RMS twice and it's not a rumor that he smells bad. He's just pointing at a problem and showing an example of that problem to prove it exists. I've learned recently that this is a huge issue in the Smash Bros community, some people are proud of never taking showers or using deodorant. It's become a very real problem for this community: https://youtu.be/QkZB6YxtWKI https://youtu.be/QkZB6YxtWKI

aklemm 7y ago

I suppose there is a lesson in there that one should think hard before violating mores, but I agree jumping on a bandwagon to shit all over what's been an important legacy is pathetic.

ravenstine 7y ago

Don't you know that now it's not enough to disagree with someone, but to try and destroy them at any possible chance? Then again, RMS ate his own toe cheese on camera, so I guess it's hard not to use him as the archetypical computer genius with poor hygeine.

kinkrtyavimoodh 7y ago

It just feels so pathetic. There was no need to mention him, the article was not about him, but such is the magic of mob mentality. Even those who would otherwise be on the sidelines feel compelled to join with their clubs and spears. It feels all the more pathetic when tom-dick-harries of the field do it. Like, you probably owe the existence of your career path to giants like him. Have some humility.

ThrowawayR2 7y ago

Could be that he's simply not a fan of RMS's philosophy on free software? There are plenty of people who don't object to working on proprietary software and systems. Either way though, the ding on RMS doesn't exactly impress.

JaimeThompson 7y ago

Some people don't think that wanting to punish people for using a non-FSF blessed license is something that should be supported. "If programmers deserve to be rewarded for creating innovative programs, by the same token they deserve to be punished if they restrict the use of these programs." RMS

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simlevesque 7y ago

I don't like that he kicks him while he's down but it's also not false. I saw RMS twice and it's not a rumor that he smells bad. He's just pointing at a problem and showing an example of that problem to prove it exists. I've learned recently that this is a huge issue in the Smash Bros community, some people are proud of never taking showers or using deodorant. It's become a very real problem for this community: https://youtu.be/QkZB6YxtWKI https://youtu.be/QkZB6YxtWKI