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Um, wow [1]... > The only insult in that incoherent pile of metaphors is the fact that we belong to the same species. And since you cause _that_ offence simply
by username223 12y ago
Um, wow [1]...
> The only insult in that incoherent pile of metaphors is the fact that we belong to the same species. And since you cause _that_ offence simply by being yourself, well... everyone got used to it by now.
This is the internet, so I'm used to adults behaving like 5th graders sometimes, but when those same adults -- Al Viro -- write core infrastructure, something's seriously wrong.
[1] https://lwn.net/Articles/640643/ https://lwn.net/Articles/640643/
- anonbanker 12y agoyou should have posted the parent post, from Jóhann B. Guðmundsson, a systemd/kdbus dev[1]: > Last time I made reference to you living in a glass house you did not have the mental capacity to understand it so I sincerely doubt that your slowly growing senile brain can comprehend it now. Al Viro was responding to something far more vitriolic. His response was understandable. Though, when arguing with a poisonous person, from enough distance, nobody can tell which is the poisonous one. 1. https://lwn.net/Articles/640636/ https://lwn.net/Articles/640636/
- digi_owl 12y agothere are some other interesting exchanges in those article comments as well.
- username223 12y ago> His response was understandable. His response was childish. The sane thing for a middle-aged man in a semi-respected position to do would be to say nothing. But this is the Land of Drepper, so you may be right.