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I'd rather offend people needlessly than use needless words Just out of curiosity, have you ever discovered something that you thought would offend enough of y
by abstractbill 17y ago
I'd rather offend people needlessly than use needless words
Just out of curiosity, have you ever discovered something that you thought would offend enough of your audience that there was no point publishing it?
- pg 17y agoYes, whole essays.
- rms 17y agoIs that what lead to "What You Can't Say"? Can you hint at some of those ideas?
- bootload 17y ago"... Just out of curiosity, have you ever discovered something that you thought would offend enough of your audience that there was no point publishing it? ..." read about "the conformist test" ~ http://paulgraham.com/say.html http://paulgraham.com/say.html I've written a few things that on reflection after reading "can't say" I've thrown out.