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You know what, you're a dickhead. Guys like you are all tough when they're on forums like this, but you wouldn't ever say anything like this to my face. In fa
by zedshaw 15y ago
You know what, you're a dickhead. Guys like you are all tough when they're on forums like this, but you wouldn't ever say anything like this to my face. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've been to a couple meetups in the city and you've not said a damn thing to me.
Next time you want to call me a "whore", why don't you email me and meet me in person like a man instead of pretending like you are one online.
- endlessvoid94 15y agoWow, dude. Chill out. I'd be MORE than happy to meet up and grab a beer with you. I've been to ONE meetup in the city, and aftewords someone mentioned you were there. Jesus. EDIT: Just sent you an email, hopefully it went to the right place. Couldn't find one on your website or your HN profile (or your twitter account).
- zedshaw 15y agoChill out? You just called me a whore douchebag. Now you want to buy me a beer? You see, this is what pisses me off about you whiners claiming I'm stirring up drama. I didn't say a damn thing to you until you started insulting me in these comments. I didn't say a damn thing to you. The only contact I've had with you is one tweet. Yet, here you are insulting me as if you know me personally and I've treated you poorly. Then what do you think I should do? Oh that's right, not be a drama queen and just shut up and let you call me goddamn whore. 'Cause if I stand up to you, I'm causing drama, but you coming here and insulting me is totally alright and just a nice Tuesday evening.
- endlessvoid94 15y agoFirstly, I called you a name that I now regret. It was a juvenile move and it was said in a moment of anger. I really do apologize. Should I delete the comment? Secondly, I'm not criticizing you for standing up for yourself. Don't try to frame this as if you're a poor victim of the internet. This is a discussion forum. I'm not an anonymous troll, my identity is in my profile. You dramatized things in the first place, not by standing up for yourself. The beer offer still stands.
- bandushrew 15y agowhat made you so angry that you reverted to behaving childishly? that seems like an oddly strong reaction to this thread? Given that you responded in such a dramatic fashion to something that genuinely didn't involve you in any way whatsoever, why are you criticizing Zed for reacting strongly to a far greater provocation?
- endlessvoid94 15y agoI'm still trying to figure this out myself. I think it's just built up over time. I've never met Zed. I don't quite understand how he's built such a following -- it's quite possible it's because he's a nice guy who helps people. It strikes me from what I've read by him and about him that this SEEMS unlikely, but again, I do not know him. The opinion that drove my response was that this was a monstrous waste of resources for github. Zed has influence and his blog post provoked a reaction that was unnecessary. We don't know how widespread this problem is on github. This is the first time I, or anybody I've spoken with, has even heard of anyone having this problem. Running a startup (I imagine), especially one with as much success as github, is almost certainly incredibly difficult. Reading a blog post rant by someone with influence has got to be a real bitch. And they handled it with grace and patience. Which is more than I can say about myself and Zed.
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- urbanjunkie 15y ago> I don't quite understand how he's built such a following Possibly by releasing some pretty cool stuff? You've heard of Mongrel, right? > a monstrous waste of resources for github Can you quantify how much resource github wasted in implementing a reasonably useful feature?
- bandushrew 15y agoI am pretty sure that you are overplaying the 'poor github bullied by Zed' angle.