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Re:Open source code with profanity in comments is statistica... by atleastoptimal on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:11PM (#36620346)
Imo, it's because swearing indicates frustration, and frustration indicates effort.
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Re:Open source code with profanity in comments is statistica... by throwaway8689 on Thursday July 06, 2023 @02:21PM (#36620488)
So I need to use more profanity at work, then ask for a raise?

(But I concede that effort and productivity are not the same thing.)

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Re:Open source code with profanity in comments is statistica... by hinkley on Thursday July 06, 2023 @10:23PM (#36626243)
Or as Good to Great calls it, "Confronting the brutal facts".

"This is bullshit" is an important realization. If you can't say it, then things will stay miserable.

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