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You put quotes around your (biased and wrong[1]) summary of what Sarah said, and then quoted Linus word for word in the same style. Dude, you're presenting paro

You put quotes around your (biased and wrong[1]) summary of what Sarah said, and then quoted Linus word for word in the same style. Dude, you're presenting parody-fiction and evidence on a par. Not. Cool. Sarah and I do not think that people have to like each other in order to act civilly towards one another; the entire weak-tie economy proves this to be false, in fact. She is saying (and I agree) that you can be robust and challenge someone without turning off your brain-mouth filter for trash talk. I think you'll find people can be just as productive and technically awesome without all the swearing. [1] and probably sexist, since you implied that the girl is talking about kissing. Seriously, dude? That's all female programmers can ever be talking about?

daemon13 13y ago
>> Dude, you're presenting parody-fiction gonvaled shared his interpretation of the context and his opinion whilst you are engaging in the personal attack. I just wonder what would be Sarah's reply to your style above [dude, brain-mouth filter for trash talk...]. >> Sarah and I do not think ... Are you Sarah's colleague, by the way?
- tehwalrus 13y ago
  > "gonvaled shared his interpretation of the context and his opinion whilst you are engaging in the personal attack." umm, what? I didn't use any insults, I just talked about why the user's behaviour/arguments were bad. It's criticism, yes, but it's not ad hominem, it's on the behaviour and the ideas. > "I just wonder what would be Sarah's reply to your style above" If two (almost certainly) male people on the internet can't address one another as dude, I don't know what the world is coming to[1]. Some people might object, yes (I remember a particularly pompous twitter politico who balked at me calling him "dude" on twitter in an argument) - but this is how I talk out loud, and it's not obscene it's just informal. I don't believe it conflicts in any way with what I've said about being politely robust and emphatic. > "Are you Sarah's colleague, by the way?" no, never heard of her before this incident. I find it kind of sad that you thought I might be some kind of stooge. Feminist boys do exist, you know. [1] I do occasionally use "dude" as an exclamation when talking to girls too, but it is usually in person and quite obviously sarcastic (I am British, and I say "dude" in a vaguely Californian accent, a result of listening to too much Blink 182 as a teenager I think.)

daemon13 13y ago

>> Dude, you're presenting parody-fiction gonvaled shared his interpretation of the context and his opinion whilst you are engaging in the personal attack. I just wonder what would be Sarah's reply to your style above [dude, brain-mouth filter for trash talk...]. >> Sarah and I do not think ... Are you Sarah's colleague, by the way?

tehwalrus 13y ago
> "gonvaled shared his interpretation of the context and his opinion whilst you are engaging in the personal attack." umm, what? I didn't use any insults, I just talked about why the user's behaviour/arguments were bad. It's criticism, yes, but it's not ad hominem, it's on the behaviour and the ideas. > "I just wonder what would be Sarah's reply to your style above" If two (almost certainly) male people on the internet can't address one another as dude, I don't know what the world is coming to[1]. Some people might object, yes (I remember a particularly pompous twitter politico who balked at me calling him "dude" on twitter in an argument) - but this is how I talk out loud, and it's not obscene it's just informal. I don't believe it conflicts in any way with what I've said about being politely robust and emphatic. > "Are you Sarah's colleague, by the way?" no, never heard of her before this incident. I find it kind of sad that you thought I might be some kind of stooge. Feminist boys do exist, you know. [1] I do occasionally use "dude" as an exclamation when talking to girls too, but it is usually in person and quite obviously sarcastic (I am British, and I say "dude" in a vaguely Californian accent, a result of listening to too much Blink 182 as a teenager I think.)