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I feel you. Sadly, almost no one else here does. I am yet to determine as to why, but everyone prefers smoothed-out shit to blunt truth. And the topics discusse

I feel you. Sadly, almost no one else here does. I am yet to determine as to why, but everyone prefers smoothed-out shit to blunt truth. And the topics discussed here are not even that emotional compared to other possible alternatives. This is also said in the context of the recent 'blabla no negativity' rule.

DanBC 11y ago
"The rule is no gratuitous negativity. You can be negative, just try to at least be constructive about it" "The rule is no gratuitous negativity you stupid fuck. You can be negative, just try to be constructive". Which sentence do you think is goig to derail conversations and lead to useless but heated argument?
- gear54rus 11y ago
  If people are not obsessively looking for reasons to be offended (which kind of might hint about subtle underlying psychological problems) - neither.
  - DanBC 11y ago
    Calling someone a stupid fuck is clearly corrosive and going to derail threads. Do you really not see that? And placing the blame for that on mental health problems? That's ignorant and lazy.
    - gear54rus 11y ago
      Why is the premises here that everything to the last letter has to be taken seriously? I'll be damned, but there's reddit? netsec and such places. They seem to fare pretty well. Relevant rules? - Don't create unnecessary conflict. - Keep the discussion on topic. - Limit the use of jokes & memes. Places a bit of trust in people's hands instead of slapping 'lel no this, lel no that'. I can't say I blame something or someone (well maybe people introducing those rules), after all it barely affects me.
      - DanBC 11y ago
        You don't think that calling someone a stupid fuck is creating unnecessary conflict?
        gear54rus 11y ago
        > taken seriously It absolutely does not always do that (although you've chosen a pretty harsh phrase which has a high chance to be considered extreme).
  - toothbrush 11y ago
    I'm sorry, I felt I also had to jump on the bandwagon. For me it's got nothing to do with psychological problems, I was just heavily put off by the incredibly macho and sexist tone (many paragraphs contain references to size of male genitalia). I'm with the GP post; write after having cooled down. That doesn't have to turn it into PR speak at all, and it might have as a side-effect that it'll be taken to heart by more readers. But that's just my €0.02.
Dewie3 11y ago
What you call "blunt truth" I call weak-willed, knee-jerk tantrums. I guess it's a matter of perspective. You don't have to weigh your words like a two-faced politician to get your point across.

DanBC 11y ago

"The rule is no gratuitous negativity. You can be negative, just try to at least be constructive about it" "The rule is no gratuitous negativity you stupid fuck. You can be negative, just try to be constructive". Which sentence do you think is goig to derail conversations and lead to useless but heated argument?

gear54rus 11y ago
If people are not obsessively looking for reasons to be offended (which kind of might hint about subtle underlying psychological problems) - neither.
- DanBC 11y ago
  Calling someone a stupid fuck is clearly corrosive and going to derail threads. Do you really not see that? And placing the blame for that on mental health problems? That's ignorant and lazy.
  - gear54rus 11y ago
    Why is the premises here that everything to the last letter has to be taken seriously? I'll be damned, but there's reddit? netsec and such places. They seem to fare pretty well. Relevant rules? - Don't create unnecessary conflict. - Keep the discussion on topic. - Limit the use of jokes & memes. Places a bit of trust in people's hands instead of slapping 'lel no this, lel no that'. I can't say I blame something or someone (well maybe people introducing those rules), after all it barely affects me.
    - DanBC 11y ago
      You don't think that calling someone a stupid fuck is creating unnecessary conflict?
      - gear54rus 11y ago
        > taken seriously It absolutely does not always do that (although you've chosen a pretty harsh phrase which has a high chance to be considered extreme).
- toothbrush 11y ago
  I'm sorry, I felt I also had to jump on the bandwagon. For me it's got nothing to do with psychological problems, I was just heavily put off by the incredibly macho and sexist tone (many paragraphs contain references to size of male genitalia). I'm with the GP post; write after having cooled down. That doesn't have to turn it into PR speak at all, and it might have as a side-effect that it'll be taken to heart by more readers. But that's just my €0.02.

Dewie3 11y ago

What you call "blunt truth" I call weak-willed, knee-jerk tantrums. I guess it's a matter of perspective. You don't have to weigh your words like a two-faced politician to get your point across.