Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off

Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by BeetleB on Monday September 17, 2018 @12:00AM (#18003104)

>it is no longer acceptable to say "this seems stupid to me" because it might hurt someone's feelings.

"This seems stupid to me" is a considerably lazy statement. What's worse, it doesn't have any meaningful content beyond "I don't like it." I've yet to see anyone's feelings hurt with the following:

"I'm rejecting your proposition because I believe it will lead to X, Y and Z (problems)"

"Your proposal is not going to work because of X, Y and Z".

"I'm not seeing the benefit of this. Can you explain what we have to gain by it?"

And probably a dozen other direct statements.

At the workplace, I don't care who thinks what idea is idiotic. I care whether they can speak for or against it. And I care whether they are open or close minded about it. Saying "This seems stupid to me" is providing zero contribution to the process.

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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by frant-hartm on Monday September 17, 2018 @05:37AM (#18004381)

>Your proposal is not going to work

and

>I'm not seeing the benefit of this

are very indirect statements in my vocabulary.

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Re:Linus Torvalds apologizes for his behavior, takes time off by BeetleB on Monday September 17, 2018 @10:09AM (#18006043)

You can't get any more direct than "your proposal is not going to work". There's no ambiguity in there, and nothing left for the person to guess.

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