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On Wed, 2012-04-11 at 14:53 -0700, Alec Warner wrote: |
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> On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Maybe we should create a new mailing list, say, |
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> > gentoo-usr-discussion@l.g.o. |
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> Just to clarify, you are trolling right? |
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s/trolling/joking/ |
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It's is not the first time I've seen the misidentification made, and I |
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wish that people at least on this mailing list would avoid it. |
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Trolling means deliberately derailing the discussion and wasting |
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everyone's time by writing messages that "press people's buttons" and |
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therefore are likely elicit angry, poorly thought out responses from the |
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list readership. |
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Joking, by contrast, is not designed to elicit much response beyond a |
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":)" or two. Instead, it is designed to make the reader chuckle - and, |
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perhaps, think (since humor can be a good way to slip an idea past a |
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jaded reader's mental defenses). |
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-Alexandre. |
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