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> Many people talk nice, but it's all bullshit. Are you stating that you believe that there is a direct 1:1 correlation between people talking in a civil manne
by pyre 12y ago
> Many people talk nice, but it's all bullshit.
Are you stating that you believe that there is a direct 1:1 correlation between people talking in a civil manner and people being "all bullshit"?
Are you also stating that calling someone names when telling them they are wrong somehow adds credibility to opinion of the name-caller? What about political attack ads that spend all of their time smearing the person rather than their policies?
- tomp 12y agoNeither.
- pyre 12y agoCould you expand on the "all bullshit" part then because it comes across as saying that there isn't any point to being civil with people.
- tomp 12y agoNo. You seem to deliberately want to misunderstand me. Many != all.
- piyush_soni 12y agoSo, basically you might be talking bullshit here. There is NO correlation between being a verbal assh*le and being efficient. People can 'deliver' without insulting others. Linus is a high headed rude man, and there's no need for that. You can be straightforward and succinct without being insulting.
- pyre 12y agoIt wasn't deliberate. I wasn't grokking what you were saying. I was reading: Many people talk nice, but [niceties are] all bullshit. Instead of: Many people talk nice, but [their talk is] all bullshit. The ambiguity of that 'it' is really what this stemmed from.