Grope

Posted Oct 26, 2024 8:08 UTC (Sat) by atnot (subscriber, #124910)
In reply to: Grope by willy
Parent article: Kernel optimization with BOLT

> Alan Cox has grabbed Miguel and forced him to sit down. The two of them are heading to the front. Apparently the harassment in the hallway had reached too high a level. No! He's escaped!
> "rope" is a pun on "cord" but then creates a great word combined with GNU

yeah this whole thing is just one yikes after another. jesus christ. As uncomfortable as I still am visiting events like this today, at least it's no longer... whatever this is.

Grope

Posted Oct 26, 2024 9:06 UTC (Sat) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118) [Link] (6 responses)

And the problem with these “uncomfortable” “yikes” “whatever this is”, besides people having apparently light-hearted fun, is exactly… what?

Grope

Posted Oct 26, 2024 9:22 UTC (Sat) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link] (1 responses)

Sorry, if your idea of "lighthearted fun" is getting "harassed" (direct quote) and physically assaulted into watching a presentation about how proud the author is about his sexual assault joke, I'd like to please stay as far away from you as possible.

Grope

Posted Oct 26, 2024 10:01 UTC (Sat) by intelfx (subscriber, #130118) [Link]

There is nothing the quote or in the original text that would suggest that any kind of _actual_ harasssment, "physical assault", or, worse, "sexual assault" has taken place.

> I'd like to please stay as far away from you as possible.

The feeling is thus mutual.

Grope

Posted Oct 28, 2024 14:33 UTC (Mon) by LtWorf (subscriber, #124958) [Link] (1 responses)

Moralists never have fun, so hold a grudge against others who have fun instead.

Grope

Posted Oct 29, 2024 10:13 UTC (Tue) by atnot (subscriber, #124910) [Link]

I think it is very amusing how fast I flip from being a filthy degenerate that must be kept away from society for their debauchery to a funless prude as soon as I impinge on peoples Sacred ability to make rape "jokes" and non-consenually touch people at conferences. Oh well.

Grope

Posted Nov 6, 2024 23:35 UTC (Wed) by cmkrnl (guest, #59973) [Link] (1 responses)

Would have sounded lighthearted and witty to a close-knit group of young people in 1998, but today it just sounds juvenile an immature.

Grope

Posted Nov 7, 2024 15:15 UTC (Thu) by paulj (subscriber, #341) [Link]

The free software community in 1998 was largely young people - from late teen students to 30-somethings (Linus was 29). So they're now in their 40s to 60s.

I.e., the set of young people who enjoyed mildly vulgar/shocking-to-norms puns then, are mostly the same set of people as the older set who today find it juvenile.