I didn't say people can't confront each other or even swear at each other. My point is that Linus is swearing at someone who made a contribution to a project. What sense is there in saying the following to people other than signifying that you don't respect them:
"...when you are a f*cking moron"
"Andy, what is the background for trying to push this idiocy?"
Note that I only called the other swearing in his text childish and not damaging to morale. Also note that in verbal discussions I wouldn't myself shy away from swearing or graphic metaphors. I just think that when replying to pull-requests there should be some emotional self-control... something which children have less of.
> Something with the pot and the kettle.
As I said, confronting people isn't on some list of don'ts that I keep and replying to comments filled with false assumptions and accusations is not the same as replying to a pull-request.
>would this really classify as an inappropriate rant in Holland?
If I were to call my colleagues fucking morons and call their contributions idiocies I would probably at least receive some negative feedback from my boss. So yes. I find it hard to believe that calling people 'fucking morons' is an accepted practice at your job.
> And our directness is often referred to as rude. It would look better on you to not blindly follow in that judgement when it concerns others.
But blindly following some judgement of Americans being two-faced liars does look good on you? Something with pots and kettles?
I don't believe that you've had to argue this far to defend your point. Treating others as you would like to be treated is the golden rule of society.
When I play games like Rocket League, a game where you depend on your teammates, I rarely say anything if people play badly. Others will say things to me if I play badly and that sometimes makes me play even worse depending on my mood. Sometimes I play worse because they actually made me care less and sometimes I play worse on purpose because they were a real asshole and they deserve a loss.
It's pretty obvious that antagonizing and disparaging your teammates is generally a bad plan anywhere.
I probably didn't, but sometimes doing so helps you come to deeper conclusions and a better understanding of your own points.
My feeling is that people who need to be abusive of others are compensating some of their feelings about themselves. I think everybody does this though, I am no angel myself either. I just thought that people who are highly visible and in some way represent our industry, like Linus, should not be praised for being 'bad ass' when they are needlessly rude to people who are contributing. On a whole though, anyone can do what they want, and I can form an opinion based on what people do of course ;)
Yes, haha, Rocket League teammates sometimes don't excel at being good sports.
"...when you are a f*cking moron" "Andy, what is the background for trying to push this idiocy?"
Note that I only called the other swearing in his text childish and not damaging to morale. Also note that in verbal discussions I wouldn't myself shy away from swearing or graphic metaphors. I just think that when replying to pull-requests there should be some emotional self-control... something which children have less of.
> Something with the pot and the kettle.
As I said, confronting people isn't on some list of don'ts that I keep and replying to comments filled with false assumptions and accusations is not the same as replying to a pull-request.
>would this really classify as an inappropriate rant in Holland?
If I were to call my colleagues fucking morons and call their contributions idiocies I would probably at least receive some negative feedback from my boss. So yes. I find it hard to believe that calling people 'fucking morons' is an accepted practice at your job.
> And our directness is often referred to as rude. It would look better on you to not blindly follow in that judgement when it concerns others.
But blindly following some judgement of Americans being two-faced liars does look good on you? Something with pots and kettles?