Re:Learn Rust with entirely too many linked lists (2019)
by catatattat on Saturday February 22, 2020 @11:57AM
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> (2) deeply offensive to those of us who work in those regimes
You know how sometimes someone who is A Little Too Online gets offended because they think you said a Bad Thing, but it was actually just a typo or a straight misreading, and you try to explain that they’re reacting to something you didn’t even say let alone believe, but because they have already decided you are the Bad Person they interpret that as you “doubling down“ on the bad opinion that they attributed to you, so they get even angrier and even more convinced that you sincerely believe the Bad Thing?
I mean no judgment. We all have such sensitivities. But maybe now you see how easily you can wind up on the wrong side of a public debate by searching for offense where there is in fact none.
You know how sometimes someone who is A Little Too Online gets offended because they think you said a Bad Thing, but it was actually just a typo or a straight misreading, and you try to explain that they’re reacting to something you didn’t even say let alone believe, but because they have already decided you are the Bad Person they interpret that as you “doubling down“ on the bad opinion that they attributed to you, so they get even angrier and even more convinced that you sincerely believe the Bad Thing?
I mean no judgment. We all have such sensitivities. But maybe now you see how easily you can wind up on the wrong side of a public debate by searching for offense where there is in fact none.