Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF

Posted Sep 20, 2019 4:15 UTC (Fri) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389)
In reply to: Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF by nilsmeyer
Parent article: Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF

I've definitely talked to people who have dated a couple times and then discovered the other was "creepy". I don't know that all "creepy" designations are so low-level as you seem to be assuming and/or implying.

Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF

Posted Sep 26, 2019 23:29 UTC (Thu) by nilsmeyer (guest, #122604) [Link] (1 responses)

I certainly know similar situations. Is this something you would feel comfortable leaving up to others to decide?

Richard Stallman resigns from the FSF

Posted Sep 26, 2019 23:53 UTC (Thu) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link]

Things like this are like beauty: in the eye of the beholder. I don't know that you're going to get a concrete definition for "creepy" beyond what a statistical sampling of thoughts across a wide population would get you. And that is certainly subject to change over time as society changes over time. What was acceptable decades ago may not be acceptable now. What is acceptable now may have been unheard of decades ago.

I'm not going to let others dictate to me what I define as creepy behavior, but I can empathize with others as to what they perceive as such. Given time, my definition can evolve too, likely due to experiences of either myself or friends.