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again, I wasn't trying to bash DHH. Just adding some humor to my search for the very hard to find quote I'm still looking for. But if you wonder why DHH seems

again, I wasn't trying to bash DHH. Just adding some humor to my search for the very hard to find quote I'm still looking for. But if you wonder why DHH seems to attract character assassins, look no further than how he signed off from his Christmas Eve post http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/36-work-on-what-you-use-and-share-the-rest http://www.loudthinking.com/posts/36-work-on-what-you-use-an... "So kumbaja motherfuckers and merry christmas!" That's a great way to tick off a billion or so people.

tptacek 18y ago
There are really a billion people who (a) read DHH's blog and (b) have the maturity of a middle school student? How sad they must be when their peers turn on "The Wire".
- jhancock 18y ago
  I think you understand the point. Saying things like that on Christmas Eve is a clear attempt to be a lightning rod for criticism. I guess I'm going to have to email Mr. Kay myself if I want to find this so hard to find quote. Noone on HN seems to know it. I do recall that when I read it at least 10 years ago, I read it "offline". Maybe the goog doesn't know this one? ;)
- mechanical_fish 18y ago
  Yeah, I'm just not getting the ticked off part. Could there really be a "billion" blog readers who have never seen Bruce Willis in Die Hard and therefore can't spot the pop-culture reference in DHH's closing quote? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/quotes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/quotes I thought that even one-celled animals had seen Die Hard by now. But perhaps it's more of a generational thing than I had realized.
  - axod 18y ago
    Never seen Die Hard. Never really wanted to... I didn't think it was that big a movie.
    - Xichekolas 18y ago
      Are you serious?! At least see the first one.
ahoyhere 18y ago
I finished one of my conference sessions (with about 150 people) with "Kumbaya, motherfuckers!" and nobody complained.
- jhancock 18y ago
  Would you finish your talk with a funny cartoon drawing of Muhammed? Where do you draw the line in offending people's religious beliefs?

tptacek 18y ago

There are really a billion people who (a) read DHH's blog and (b) have the maturity of a middle school student? How sad they must be when their peers turn on "The Wire".

jhancock 18y ago
I think you understand the point. Saying things like that on Christmas Eve is a clear attempt to be a lightning rod for criticism. I guess I'm going to have to email Mr. Kay myself if I want to find this so hard to find quote. Noone on HN seems to know it. I do recall that when I read it at least 10 years ago, I read it "offline". Maybe the goog doesn't know this one? ;)
mechanical_fish 18y ago
Yeah, I'm just not getting the ticked off part. Could there really be a "billion" blog readers who have never seen Bruce Willis in Die Hard and therefore can't spot the pop-culture reference in DHH's closing quote? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/quotes http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095016/quotes I thought that even one-celled animals had seen Die Hard by now. But perhaps it's more of a generational thing than I had realized.
- axod 18y ago
  Never seen Die Hard. Never really wanted to... I didn't think it was that big a movie.
  - Xichekolas 18y ago
    Are you serious?! At least see the first one.

ahoyhere 18y ago

I finished one of my conference sessions (with about 150 people) with "Kumbaya, motherfuckers!" and nobody complained.

jhancock 18y ago
Would you finish your talk with a funny cartoon drawing of Muhammed? Where do you draw the line in offending people's religious beliefs?