The only pre-selection process happening here is people who take themselves too seriously and get offended easily are less likely to contribute. If I would hav

The only pre-selection process happening here is people who take themselves too seriously and get offended easily are less likely to contribute. If I would have been the guy who wrote that piece of code and read this I would have realized 1. I made a mistake and 2. got roasted by Linus for it in a somewhat funny way. Wouldn't look much more into it. Why do we enjoy celebrity roasting shows as comedy but when someone does the same thing on a mailing list everyone gets offended? It does take a bit of self confidence to take it though which not all of us have but this is a good opportunity to work on it.