Re: Core KDE member about HIG^W female contributors
On Wed, 18 May 2005 11:58:07 +0930, Clytie Siddall
<clytie@riverland.net.au> wrote:
On 18/05/2005, at 3:21 AM, Herman Robak wrote:
They _do_ need to hear it, for sure. However, I think
it must be said/written to their face, not in a public
adress. Why? Because the worst offenders are likely
to be oblivious to their own failings, in denial,
indifferent or incapable of taking subtle hints.
:D
Reminds me of my ex: as far as he was concerned, if anything went wrong
in the world, and especially for him (e.g. if he made a mistake), it was
the fault of women, blacks and gays (but said in very insulting terms
which I won't use here).
Love and lost causes is a strange combination...
Herman is right about this: the people who most need to see the world as
it is, may not be capable of it, without major attitude reconstruction.
I got absolutely nowhere in nine years of constant effort. One article,
which he wouldn't read (except to insult the writer) wouldn't get
anywhere.
However, I don't think those people were the primary target of Scott's
article. He addressed those geeks-without-a-life that kept embarrassing
everyone with lame approaches to the opposite sex.
To be honest, I found his advice a bit old. It's the Slashdot "get out
of your mom's basement!" cliché. Why not cut it short: "If you aren't
_really_ good at seducing women, please try elsewhere!"? Instead the
male geek population is supposed to get a life, and behaving better as
a side effect? Sure, wouldn't it be nice...
I may not be representative at all, but I'm quite happy with not having
a life. Trying to be diverse requires me to be organised, to get anything
done. Being single-minded allows me to focus, without "managing my time"
(ick). I'm sure there is some kind of diagnose for that. ;-)
--
Herman Robak
herman at skolelinux no
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