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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by seunosewa on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:35AM (#16509198)
"Jerk" means "a contemptible naive, fatous, foolish, or inconsequential person". Are you sure that this is what you mean?
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by jersully72 on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:46AM (#16509233)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jerk

Definition of jerk

1 a : an annoyingly stupid or foolish person

  was acting like a jerk
b : an unlikable person; especially : one who is cruel, rude, or small-minded

   a selfish jerk
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by dec0dedab0de on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:44AM (#16509227)
I only ever hear people use jerk to mean rude, or hurtful
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by faragon on Saturday March 03, 2018 @04:12PM (#16511610)
Not really. I meant Linus being harsh/impolite sometimes. I like Linus a lot, don't get me wrong :-)
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by seunosewa on Saturday March 03, 2018 @11:01PM (#16513192)
How did this get down voted? I got the definition from dictionary.com http://www.dictionary.com/browse/jerk
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Re:Linus Torvalds Rants by seunosewa on Sunday March 04, 2018 @06:55AM (#16514397)
You can't disagree with a dictionary. Or can you? Maybe thats what I'm missing.
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