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Who controls glibc?

Who controls glibc?

Posted May 17, 2018 22:11 UTC (Thu) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129)
In reply to: Who controls glibc? by likryol
Parent article: Who controls glibc?

> Thought experiment: 100 people read a joke like this (maybe not exactly this joke in this subject), 99 are not negatively emotionally affected but 1 person is. It actually ruins their day. They decide to stop pursuing the technical subject for a period or possibly for good because they already experience enough of this insensitivity day-to-day; they don't need it in their deep technical work too.
Show me *one* cases where this joke has that effect. Because if you can't, you're just making shit up

> It's insensitive and useless. It disgusts a subset of people that could be valuable contributors.
So what about the people who are disgusted by this sort of SJW drama? Because I know I am. But you know what? I'd still contribute to glibc if I were interested, despite this nonsense. That's because I'm a grownup.

What you don't seem to understand is that the world is not a safe space. If you are in a psychological state that doesn't allow you to tolerate this kind of joke, you need to sort that out (see a therapist or something), because the world's not going to change to accommodate that. Nor should it.


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That's enough

Posted May 17, 2018 22:15 UTC (Thu) by corbet (editor, #1) [Link] (1 responses)

OK, only warning. You've had three postings to insult others, you need to stop here, please.

Remember: this was not an article about a joke.

What are you even talking about?

Posted May 17, 2018 22:32 UTC (Thu) by HelloWorld (guest, #56129) [Link]

I honestly didn't mean to offend anybody here, and I'm not even sure why you would think that.

If you're thinking of the “see a therapist” thing, it wasn't meant as an insult. A functional human being needs to be able to tolerate this kind of joke, and if he or she can't, then yes, I believe seeing a therapist is the right thing to do.


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