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user-inactivated · 3740 days ago · link · · parent · post: Troll Artist Author Musician Coder Nerd In Social Status
I am amused by Zed Shaw complaining about trolls. Granted, I haven't paid attention to him in years so he might have mellowed. San Francisco may be different, because there are so many tech companies there and techies are taking the blame for gentrification, but I think he underestimates how much programmers get a pass for things. I have the opposite problem, people expect to make allowances for me I don't need them to. Sometimes I find myself pretending to be more of an ass than I am just because it's expected and if I'm too polite people assume I must not really mean the things I'm saying. Other times it's really convenient when no one expects me to pay attention to business hours or 'no smoking' signs.