On 01/05/13 10:11 PM, Duncan wrote as excerpted: > Steven J. Long posted on Wed, 01 May 2013 19:52:03 +0100 as excerpted: > >>> Gentoo is about choice, which to me also means "embrace diversitiy". >>> If you want to keep living in your little world, fine, you can and >>> you're very welcome, but also people who want to have fun with new >>> stuff should get the same respect. >> >> You mean the respect you've shown me in this email, in my "little >> world"? *swoon* >> you hero. I give up trying to be polite in the face of such crap, it's >> more than I can stomach. >> >>> Implementing new stuff also means making things easier, especially in >>> the systemd case. >> >> LMAO. You go girl, strut that nonsense like it means something. > >> No way, sunshine. [...] Or at very least be polite when someone queries >> it. > > Unfortunately, I believe the above demands a public post... > > The above is taking it too far. Please take a bit of time to cool off if > you need it, then apologize, or if you choose not to do that, refrain > from further posts to the list. > Agreed in full. I was prepared to write a response, but this is far more eloquent than anything I could have written.
I'll go one step further, and say that this is just an example of the toxic behavior that's been shown in the Gentoo community, in particular this mailing list. This complete lack of any semblance of empathy, even in some *Gentoo developers* is entirely unacceptable. Things like "a bunch of crybabies", "whinging threads", "Avoid spreading FUD", "Really, please stop spreading FUD." (from different people), "Good arguments! As usual I'd say." (sarcasm), "Just to annoy people who have successfully used...", ad nauseam are, at best, not remotely productive. Please, just consider for a second how your words will, or even /might/ be perceived by others. Even better: although it might seem beneath you, consider how you yourself might perceive them, were they to be said from someone else.
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