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On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:31 AM, Sebastian Pipping <sping@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 06/16/10 06:48, Alec Warner wrote: |
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>>> When you are active in Gentoo during one week and less active during the |
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>>> next it may happen that people (sometimes jokingly) call you a |
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>>> "slacker". This pattern seems to have become common enough that people |
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>>> even started calling themselves slackers when they are less active than |
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>>> potentially possible. Is this reasonable and healthy? |
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>>> No, it isn't. |
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>> Why is it unhealthy? |
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> I believe it's unhealthy because it's using guilt as a tool. |
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> Also, it's inverting being a developer from doing something to not not |
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> doing something: inverting being good to not being evil. That's two |
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> different things. |
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I've never felt guilt when I was called a slacker. Nor have I every |
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used it to induce guilt, nor seen it induce guilt. I've only seen it |
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being used in a humorous or ironical way, and only to people whom you |
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know very well personally. It's a form of bonding, has nothing to do |
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with using guilt as a tool to make someone contribute more to Gentoo. |
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Hell, armin76, one of our *most* active devs, who manages several |
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arches all by himself, took over the mozilla herd when no one was |
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left, etc etc has been called a slacker by me for ironic effect |
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several times. |
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You're jumping to conclusions about this without understanding what |
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they are for, what they mean, etc. The word 'slacker', the word |
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'fail', the phrase 'use repoman || die', kicking new recruits on |
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#-dev, the word^Wperson 'welp', all are part of an enormous set of |
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in-jokes in Gentoo. In-jokes are an essential part of community |
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bonding *everywhere*. OTOH, it is also very easy to misunderstand and |
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misinterpret in-jokes if you've not been a part of them for very long. |
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Please don't try to dismantle the jokes that make Gentoo fun. |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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Gentoo GNOME+Mozilla Team |