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Why do intensely personal attacks start with "Nothing Personal?"
by motoko 18y ago
Why do intensely personal attacks start with "Nothing Personal?"
- lacker 18y agoBecause they don't really mean it personally, since they know nothing about the person behind things. They are not thinking at all about the founder/writer/developer. They are just thinking about how annoyed they were for the past 2 seconds.
- mechanical_fish 18y agoWhich is to say: We'd all be better people if, whenever we typed the phrase nothing personal, Clippy popped up on the screen with a message: "I see you're writing something that might be better left unsaid. Would you like to get some sleep before continuing?"