Wow, and some people think the "social skills for nerds" links are off-topic for HN. Clearly many people in computing are ruled by their adolescent impulse to

Wow, and some people think the "social skills for nerds" links are off-topic for HN. Clearly many people in computing are ruled by their adolescent impulse to make people uncomfortable, at great cost to the community. Worse, they congratulate themselves for it. For the general good, here's the Cliff's notes for making people uncomfortable: 1. Gratuitous transgression is easy. 2. Necessary transgression is art -- intrinsically critical and enlightening. It's hard to pull off. 3. Compulsive transgression with no regard to the difference between #1 and #2 is juvenile.