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You can cut out a lot of bullshit without being an asshole; it's just another set of social skills. Being an asshole also doesn't inherently cut out bullshit.
by doorhammer 13y ago
You can cut out a lot of bullshit without being an asshole; it's just another set of social skills.
Being an asshole also doesn't inherently cut out bullshit.
- egypturnash 13y agoWhere do you think bullshit comes from anyway? Bull assholes. n.n
- vacri 13y agoHowever it should also be pointed out that being polite doesn't inherently mean being worthy. The top comment in this thread is polite, is complaining about the hacker culture not being polite... and is making flat-out lies to promote the case.
- doorhammer 13y agoYeah, you're right. Being polite doesn't make you more honest or sincere than being an asshole. I'd say that they're just not as correlated they seem to be at times. I'm always suspect of any solution that goes to any extreme. I also think there are enough micro-cultures in the programming space, themselves crossing a myriad of geocultural contexts, to defy broad generalizations. I think it's most constructive and useful to approach it as a way of generally dealing with people and not a specific group. We haven't developed in such a way to easily and rationally react to abrasive responses in conversation. I don't think it creates a social atmosphere that optimally takes advantage of our modern context.