> People see reactions like yours and they develop impressions that software programmers are boring stick-in-the-muds. That's probably better than being treate

> People see reactions like yours and they develop impressions that software programmers are boring stick-in-the-muds. That's probably better than being treated as unprofessional. > The result is that programmers are not treated as people you'd want to interact with. It's totally possible to be friendly and have a sense of humor without being distasteful. > do you think that people who write like Zed are going to feel compelled to change their behaviour because you would like them too? Nope, that thought never crossed my mind.