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On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 10:18:40AM +0200, Petteri Räty wrote: |
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> On 02/23/2011 01:29 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday, February 22, 2011 18:16:12 Sebastian Pipping wrote: |
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> >> On 02/22/2011 10:54 PM, Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> >>> for you wankers |
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> >> |
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> >> come on, this is public mailing list. |
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> > |
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> > then publicly, emerge a sense of humor. you wanker. |
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> > |
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> Here (Finland) wanker as directly translated is in the same category as |
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> asshole. I would avoid humor that's heavily tied to culture/context on |
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> our public mailing lists as people tend to remember negative things more |
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> than the positive. |
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Yes, some types of humor should be avoided to prevent cultural |
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misunderstandings. That said, we do need to be a bit more open-minded, |
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trying to accept humor we don't understand instead of immediately |
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condemning it. |
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We should not forget that we are a group of people working together, not |
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against each other. This allows us to treat things we don't understand |
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as well-intentioned unless proven otherwise, instead of the other way |
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around. |
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That way we can improve our public image and users are less likely to |
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get the wrong impression and/or get offended :) |
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Alex Alexander | wired |
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