Re:Linus Torvalds on aliasing
by alexkrycek on Friday June 08, 2018 @06:43AM
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The point is that swearing is not equal to honesty. It's just additional emotional metadata.
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Re:Linus Torvalds on aliasing
by alexkrycek on Friday June 08, 2018 @07:09AM
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When did we start equating swearing with honesty? It would be strange to hear a prosecutor tell a witness, "You're not swearing - I need you to stop lying".
If anything, swearing clouds what you really mean. "Is he saying 'fuck' because he thinks the policy was unfairly applied, or because it was misunderstood? I don't know bro, but at least he's being honest".