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so, uh, yeah, I get to be rude. No, you don't. Let me rephrase: I think it would be appreciated here, and for the sake of politeness and basic respect towards
by stinos 12y ago
so, uh, yeah, I get to be rude.
No, you don't. Let me rephrase: I think it would be appreciated here, and for the sake of politeness and basic respect towards others, that you do not get rude. There are a thousands of other ways to write down how you feel about something without being rude, and people will still perfectly understand it. Moreover they are even more likely to pay proper attention to it if you are not rude.
- AceJohnny2 12y ago> Moreover they are even more likely to pay proper attention to it if you are not rude. It's funny how some people don't learn this. Years of internet commenting has taught me the uselessness of posting in anger, and the value of a well-argued, well-written point. Strong emotions one way or another diminish the authority and impact of what you say. It's easier said than done, of course: strong emotions are often specifically what lead you to make the effort of commenting.
- angersock 12y agoI disagree, obviously. If "strong emotions" were enough to diminish impact and authority, the ad business would simply be placards of bullet points. Even on HN, well-written and cool posts routinely are ignored or actively downvoted. In the grand scheme of things, politeness is a good idea--but there are a few places where being nice simply won't get you as far as calling somebody out passionately on their wrongness. Low-level systems programming on large codebases with smart and stubborn and harried people is one of those cases.