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There is a lot of self-righteous dickishness and schadenfraude in these responses. Proclaiming there to be "NO excuse" to someone who has worked their ass off t
by aneth4 14y ago
There is a lot of self-righteous dickishness and schadenfraude in these responses. Proclaiming there to be "NO excuse" to someone who has worked their ass off to create a stellar open-source project really says more about yourself than the person you are attacking.
Most certainly there is some sort of explanation, and whether or not it was a terrible mistake, being a jerk about it doesn't relieve you from the terrible mistakes you've made in your past - we all have them. And in the end, this is really not a big deal.
- IsaacSchlueter 14y agoYou have hit on the exact reason why I almost never look at Hacker News any more, except when someone explicitly asks me to respond to something. This site appeals to the absolute worst in everyone. I find myself becoming an asshole every time I come here, and I don't like that feeling.
- aneth4 14y agoI don't know about the worst in everyone :). Lots of people still manage to hold their temper. I've certainly gotten snippy here before. I still come here for great commentary on complex topics, but usually resist the urge to look at comments on gotcha articles like this where I know there is probably nothing constructive to say, so the trollishness comes out.
- TheHippo 14y agoIt actually pronounced "Schadenfreude" ;-)