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Why do people post nasty things like this?
by chrisseaton 5y ago
Why do people post nasty things like this?
- h2odragon 5y agoSome of us are veterans of the time when Perl was evangelized as the cure for everything, and the only way to sensibly think about unix programming. That led to the usual over-reaction from Perl critics and it became usual to make sharper comments about it even when you'd never used Perl. Which all goes to show people clot up into tribes over any silly thing; and that its better not to wrap your identity too much around your tools.
- mnw21cam 5y ago? What is nasty about that?
- Macha 5y agoAlmost certainly has been edited? Now I wonder what the original post was.
- deleted 5y ago[deleted]
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoNah. Wasn't edited, but it was definitely a slap at me, personally. I touched a nerve, and was reprimanded. It was not a "fun" response, and it made me realize that I had caused offense. Teh Internets tubes are a difficult landscape to navigate. It's almost impossible to write stuff without causing some offense. Some folks take that as an admonition to never write anything fun. Others (like me) learn to apologize. I'm fairly good at apologizing, as I need to do it so often. Each time, I learn to ameliorate my approach. But I'll never stop posting in a humorous way.
- yarcob 5y agoI don't see any need to apologise for what's clearly meant as a lighthearted joke. Just don't complain when someone comes up with a clever comeback :)
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y agoNo, it wasn't lighthearted, but it wasn't vitriol, either. I touched a nerve, and got slapped. It's cool.
- effingwewt 5y agoJust for another perspective- I read it as peter intended, a deadpan way of purposefully taking your statement literally, that you wrote code that made you scream, it wasn't Perl's fault. I found it hilarious, but I'm a weird guy. I just can see where he is coming from where he meant it as a snide joke, not a personal attack.
- GavinMcG 5y agoLooked like a good-natured but wry joke, not a slap.
- effingwewt 5y agoThis whole thread feels like a glorious exercise of Poe's Law. I can't tell what's what, but man is it funny, to me it reads as deadpan humor by peterep with no insult intended, but obviously others read it differently. Perspective is amazing and this has made my day from all the smiles and laughs XD
- GavinMcG 5y agoYeah, it's weird. Even aside from different perspectives, we still get to choose how to interpret and react. "Don't take it personally" is a good way to go through life, in general.
- mpfundstein 5y agoyou really make life way too hard for yourself? why the heck would u care if random stranger is offended over a simple joke regarding a programming language? waste of energy man
- ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago> why the heck would u care if random stranger is offended over a simple joke regarding a programming language? Ooh. I know this one! Because they are human, and humans are important. I care, though that won’t always stop me from writing stuff that may or may not cause offense. But I care about others. I know that makes me apostate, in today’s rage-fueled insane asylum of society, but that’s how I roll.
- mpfundstein 5y agoi think you could use your energy better. if people are offended because of bullshit, its their fault. not yours
- IgorPartola 5y agoWhy does it feel like HN has become so incredibly sensitive? I have been reading comments here a while (13 years I think), and noticed that in the past couple of years is when critical of any piece of software, no matter how warranted or how tongue in cheek, results in comments like this. How would you have phrased the original sentiment that you wouldn’t think was nasty?
- chrisseaton 5y agoLike someone else said, 'don't take attacks on a tool you like as an attack on you.' I think theirs is the overly-sensitive reply. Why get worked up because someone doesn't like software that you do like? Bizarre.
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- wutbrodo 5y agoAre you interpreting chrisseaton's comment as being in response to the original comment denigrating Perl? It seems more like it's a response to the defensive comment from petereps
- mpfundstein 5y agoyes. it is becoming terrible. everything might be an offense right now to SOMEONE... when have we become such chickens?
- bmn__ 5y agoSome people are not well socialised and just like to insult programming languages, and by extension, judge and put down their users. We should extend pity to them. Or perhaps detached bemusement as in https://youtu.be/R00JE6QRbno?t=8546 https://youtu.be/R00JE6QRbno?t=8546