Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [RFC]: gentoo-politics ML

[Kumba]

Duncan wrote:
> Kumba <kumba@g.o> posted 466DF5FA.1000606@g.o, excerpted
> below, on  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:25:14 -0400:
>
>> It's competition, at the core.  No one likes draws, ties, or even photo
>> finishes, let alone losing.  They like to win, and win by a large
>> margin.  If someone tries to slip the last word in to get them over that
>> virtual finish line, rest assured someone else is gonna fire off an even
>> more last word just to one up them, and when we're talking mere microts
>> from the finish line, sometimes the gloves come off.
>>
>> Besides, it's not like a +2 Great Darkwood Crossbow of Acid is all
>> _that_ expensive.  Probably a pain in the neck to load (and the kickback
>> has to hurt), but well it just means you need to level up some more :)
>
> Wow, talk about mixed metaphors!  Foot-racing > boxing > AD&D.  You've
> got gumption to try and pull /that/ off! =8^)  I guess it works, tho, if
> you don't try to stretch any of them beyond the limited area they were
> applied to (which this sort of case begs... resist... resist... =8^) .

Metaphors tend to be my palette; sometimes I create art, and other times I 
create things that make goatse look tame :P


> (And yes, this'd go on the other list, if we had it.)

It's in Infra's hands now.  They've got a bug filed, and so, I leave it up to them.

Regardless on if it's created or not, this thread has made people think, I hope. 
  And maybe that's all we really need in the end, is for a few people to simply 
stop and think.

I hope.


--Kumba

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