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It’s a private community, so this was not originally meant to be made public. "I only submitted it to the hackernews aggregator totally by accident, I swear."

It’s a private community, so this was not originally meant to be made public. "I only submitted it to the hackernews aggregator totally by accident, I swear." Look, I'm sure you were just having your fun and all that but frankly I found your childishness in treating people who are just trying to do a job utterly repellent. The kind of fun you're talking about is the same kind of fun kids get frying ants with a magnifying glass - smallminded, petty and vindicative without anything redeeming to show for it. EDIT: p.s. You're an even bigger liar than I originally intimated because if this was not originally supposed to be made public you wouldn't bloody well have submitted it to: Digg: http://digg.com/users/sxates http://digg.com/users/sxates Reddit: http://www.reddit.com/user/sxates/ http://www.reddit.com/user/sxates/ and whatever else social sites you're on. Utter bullshit.

sxates 17y ago
EDIT to your edit: Key word here is "originally". As in, originally when this started (months ago) there was no plan to make it public. I published it because I thought it was a funny read, you think it's mean and douchey, I get it. You don't have to get all Joe Wilson on me. The Root doesn't have a public facing site, so I published a digest version to my blog instead. I sought permission from the community to publish it, because I found it to be an entertaining thread, and thought some outside the forum might enjoy it as well. Maybe I was wrong. I think for many members, this was a channeling of the behavior of their worst clients towards a company that is insulting to their industry. Childish perhaps, but probably somewhat cathartic as well. When I get part 2 wrapped up, I'll address the issues you've raised, as many other members had similar concerns that it had gone too far, and there was a good bit of sympathy for the designers who put up with them. It was ultimately called off.
- midnightmonster 17y ago
  > this was a channeling of the behavior of their worst clients Right. Next time someone calls me out for being a jerk, I'll just point out that someone in no way related to them once acted like a jerk to me. > towards a company that is insulting to their industry. Like that time Bobby Flay went off on some poor Taco Bell cashier for insulting his industry by offering cheap, fast, convenient food. Wait, I'm not sure that happened. Maybe I was thinking of how he's used teaching, media savvy, and his own personal enthusiasm to help the mass market understand the value of his (and others') high quality work.

sxates 17y ago

EDIT to your edit: Key word here is "originally". As in, originally when this started (months ago) there was no plan to make it public. I published it because I thought it was a funny read, you think it's mean and douchey, I get it. You don't have to get all Joe Wilson on me. The Root doesn't have a public facing site, so I published a digest version to my blog instead. I sought permission from the community to publish it, because I found it to be an entertaining thread, and thought some outside the forum might enjoy it as well. Maybe I was wrong. I think for many members, this was a channeling of the behavior of their worst clients towards a company that is insulting to their industry. Childish perhaps, but probably somewhat cathartic as well. When I get part 2 wrapped up, I'll address the issues you've raised, as many other members had similar concerns that it had gone too far, and there was a good bit of sympathy for the designers who put up with them. It was ultimately called off.

midnightmonster 17y ago
> this was a channeling of the behavior of their worst clients Right. Next time someone calls me out for being a jerk, I'll just point out that someone in no way related to them once acted like a jerk to me. > towards a company that is insulting to their industry. Like that time Bobby Flay went off on some poor Taco Bell cashier for insulting his industry by offering cheap, fast, convenient food. Wait, I'm not sure that happened. Maybe I was thinking of how he's used teaching, media savvy, and his own personal enthusiasm to help the mass market understand the value of his (and others') high quality work.