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Re:Dear Paul by DanBC on Monday June 01, 2015 @05:06AM (#9637418)
Calling someone a stupid fuck is clearly corrosive and going to derail threads. Do you really not see that?

And placing the blame for that on mental health problems? That's ignorant and lazy.

Re:Dear Paul by gear54rus on Monday June 01, 2015 @05:18AM (#9637456)
Why is the premises here that everything to the last letter has to be taken seriously? I'll be damned, but there's reddit? netsec and such places. They seem to fare pretty well. Relevant rules?

- Don't create unnecessary conflict.

- Keep the discussion on topic.

- Limit the use of jokes & memes.

Places a bit of trust in people's hands instead of slapping 'lel no this, lel no that'.

I can't say I blame something or someone (well maybe people introducing those rules), after all it barely affects me.

Re:Dear Paul by DanBC on Monday June 01, 2015 @06:55AM (#9637710)
You don't think that calling someone a stupid fuck is creating unnecessary conflict?
Re:Dear Paul by gear54rus on Monday June 01, 2015 @07:16AM (#9637768)
> taken seriously

It absolutely does not always do that (although you've chosen a pretty harsh phrase which has a high chance to be considered extreme).