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I don't understand why these need to use swear words and aggressive tone? Wouldn't it work just as well without them?
by Void_ 11y ago
I don't understand why these need to use swear words and aggressive tone? Wouldn't it work just as well without them?
- brianwawok 11y agoMake your own PG version. Doubt it gets as many hits.
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- mhurron 11y agoBecause it's motherfucking satire and they wanted to have some fun with that shit, asshole.
- archimedespi 11y agoI agree. It's offensive to the very people who these sites (apparently) want to change, thus they're less likely to change.
- tedunangst 11y agoAlternative theory: it's amusing to the people who find it amusing.
- archimedespi 11y agoThose aren't necessarily the people who are building the reviled types of websites.
- ajkjk 11y agoVery much disagree. It's written for developers, and I've never met any developer who finds profanity offensive. And, more importantly, it makes the whole thing much more eye-catching. It's a fun way to a deliver a message - as a vitriolic, spit-flying rant. It would be ineffective if it was friendly and delicate.
- Void_ 11y agoI'm a developer and I dislike work environment where swear words are uttered every 10 seconds. Dunno about US, but here in Slovakia swear words are used mostly by teenagers and uneducated people with lousy jobs.
- ajkjk 11y agoWell, you wouldn't see a rant like this in an actual work environment in the US; that would be wildly inappropriate. But I think most developers are completely okay with this in reading material, once in a while. They certainly wouldn't be offended by it, in the sense of it having a strong emotional effect. Depending on the company, swearing might not be tolerated at all. At my company it's fairly common, but I only do it when in meetings with people I'm fairly comfortable around (my team, my manager, people I commonly work with).
- brianwawok 11y agoClearly you have never worked in the trading industry ;)
- archimedespi 11y agoI'm a dev in the US, I really dislike profanity (especially in excess), and in most work settings, it's completely not-OK. I'm not saying it should be "friendly and delicate", just not gratuitously shoving in profanity every other word.
- rayalez 11y agoIt's funny.
- Void_ 11y agoA little too primitive humor for my taste.
- lazerwalker 11y agoThere's a middle ground, certainly. I maintain a site (for a loose definition of "maintain", I suppose) called http://fuckingblocksyntax.com http://fuckingblocksyntax.com. It's wildly popular in the Objective-C development community, due in no small part to the memorable domain name. But the site itself doesn't contain profanity or over-the-top machismo bravado, and there's a safe-for-work mirror URL at http://goshdarnblocksyntax.com http://goshdarnblocksyntax.com. A little profanity goes a long way.
- prairiedogg 11y agoAnd the Objective-C community thanks you for it, Michael. We wouldn't be software developers, however, if we weren't hopeless pedants who lose the forest for the trees and point out that goshdarnblocksyntax.com is MISSING the amazing attention-to-detail favicon from the original domain. Where's the craftsmanship? I'm never paying for this website again.
- na85 11y agoIt's all a continuation of the trend that started with that "Look at these fucking peppers" image, and produced things like "What the fuck should I make for dinner" etc.
- normloman 11y agoNo, it wouldn't work as well without them. The swear words are there to wake you up and make you pay attention. Because making simple websites that work should be obvious. But everyone's so distracted by the latest javascript libraries and css frameworks that you have to scream to get your point across.