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Why write all that when you could have just said "I'm sorry"? "Ever wanted to make sed or grep worse?" in the context you posted it was a put down. plain and s
by trustfundbaby 14y ago
Why write all that when you could have just said
"I'm sorry"?
"Ever wanted to make sed or grep worse?" in the context you posted it was a put down. plain and simple. It was rude, and uncalled for.
Refusing to apologize and choosing instead to focus half of your post, on the largely irrelevant issue of whether someone saw misogyny in what your tweet, after spending the other half defending your indefensible original tweet, just strikes me as particularly arrogant and unpleasant.
The real issue here is that on twitter (in certain circles), snark is encouraged/rewarded and looked upon as some proxy for individual brilliance, except this time, you hurt an actual person.
So this one time, chalk it up as an L, say you're sorry and move on with your life, because this post doesn't make you look thoughtful, or smart or decent, just the opposite actually.
Cheers.
- lobotryas 14y agoThe way I read zeeg's post, he never said "I'm sorry" because he felt he had nothing to apologize for. Of course, you are free to pillory him for his petty slight as much as he is as free to maintain his stance.
- twentysix 14y agoI think you should have stopped after the first sentence. Everything after that is condescending and written in exactly the opposite manner you want OP to behave. At least he just sarcastically criticized a piece of code without any personal attacks unlike your post.
- amirmc 14y agoWhat personal attack? I don't read anything as condescending either. I do, however, find the OP slightly condescending. His main concern seems to be responding to a comment about misogyny (as if that's the meat of the discussion) and otherwise saying "Oh, it's so hard to communicate in 140 chars - you should cut me a break." [1] The OP passed judgement on some code he found on the internet and decided to publicly ridicule it. Sure, that's his call. Just as it is for everyone else who wants to explain that's it's wrong. It won't be the last time this happens on the internet. [1] That's 73 chars in case anyone's counting.
- zalew 14y ago> Why write all that when you could have just said "I'm sorry"? or call the wambulance. draaaaammmaaaaaa...