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> Niceness is about worrying about how other people feel. I really disagree. Niceness is about CONSIDERING people's feelings. Not overly worrying or bending to
by comrh 12y ago
> Niceness is about worrying about how other people feel.
I really disagree. Niceness is about CONSIDERING people's feelings. Not overly worrying or bending to them or self censoring but just being aware of your effect on other people. Linus seems to be aware but thinks that considering other people is a waste of time and I think that is a pretty toxic attitude.
- dnautics 12y agoI think you're putting the emphasis on the wrong word here. The important thing here is not worrying/considering but "feel". I would guess that Linus makes a categorical distinction between emotional and physical welfare - because emotional welfare is ill-defined and easy to manipulate from the 'reciever's' point of view, he considers it at worst a waste of time or at best a secondary consideration after definable things, like achieving a software objective.