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"We don't do that here" is a jewel of passive-aggressiveness. I clicked on the link hoping to find something related to "Not invented there", but ended up with

"We don't do that here" is a jewel of passive-aggressiveness. I clicked on the link hoping to find something related to "Not invented there", but ended up with a new way to issue heavy threats with small words.

olsonjeffery 4y ago
It's only a jewel because it's valuable. If you don't like the OP, then simply downvote and move on. Lot's of people in this thread find it valuable and are actually willing to say as much. They are even so gracious as to outline their argument for it's utility, in detail. Maybe you should read what they have to say and engage with that.
- ok123456 4y ago
  It's not that valuable since it can be easily rebutted with "you do now."
- swayvil 4y ago
  Now that was indeed a jewel. What it lacks in brevity it more than makes up for in depth. My hat off to you sir.
- astrobe_ 4y ago
  > If you don't like the OP, then simply downvote and move on I never downvote because I "don't like", and so should you. > Lots of people in this thread find it valuable and are actually willing to say as much Being in a majority doesn't make you more right. Ironically, this is a part of the mindset some minorities had to fight against. > Maybe you should read what they have to say and engage with that I did, and other people have made some replies with which I agreed. Therefore, no point for me to repeat the same things.
mcguire 4y ago
How do you consider it threatening? As ineptech wrote, "This (and a lot of other related arguments in this thread) would probably be a lot clearer with less contentious examples, like "don't push a deploy after 4pm," than with hot-button political topics. If you go to push a deploy at quitting time and someone says "We don't do that here", you wouldn't think they're on a power trip, you'd think they don't fully trust their automation tests."

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"We don't do that here" is a jewel of passive-aggressiveness. I clicked on the link hoping to find something related to "Not invented there", but ended up with

by astrobe_ 4y ago

olsonjeffery 4y ago
It's only a jewel because it's valuable. If you don't like the OP, then simply downvote and move on. Lot's of people in this thread find it valuable and are actually willing to say as much. They are even so gracious as to outline their argument for it's utility, in detail. Maybe you should read what they have to say and engage with that.
- ok123456 4y ago
  It's not that valuable since it can be easily rebutted with "you do now."
- swayvil 4y ago
  Now that was indeed a jewel. What it lacks in brevity it more than makes up for in depth. My hat off to you sir.
- astrobe_ 4y ago
  > If you don't like the OP, then simply downvote and move on I never downvote because I "don't like", and so should you. > Lots of people in this thread find it valuable and are actually willing to say as much Being in a majority doesn't make you more right. Ironically, this is a part of the mindset some minorities had to fight against. > Maybe you should read what they have to say and engage with that I did, and other people have made some replies with which I agreed. Therefore, no point for me to repeat the same things.
mcguire 4y ago
How do you consider it threatening? As ineptech wrote, "This (and a lot of other related arguments in this thread) would probably be a lot clearer with less contentious examples, like "don't push a deploy after 4pm," than with hot-button political topics. If you go to push a deploy at quitting time and someone says "We don't do that here", you wouldn't think they're on a power trip, you'd think they don't fully trust their automation tests."