From: Stroller <stroller@stellar.eclipse.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] gentoo-systemd-only deprecation
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 22:22:56 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <F83D7F6B-C38A-4BBB-9E36-F94C67BF561D@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <51F967BE.4080704@gmail.com>
On 31 July 2013, at 20:38, Alan McKinnon wrote:
>> ...
>> Heck! Even according to yourself, in the same email, I'm not understanding it wrong!
>>
>>
>> I've asked you this before - would you stop wrongly telling people they're wrong, please?
>>
>> Would you please just stop and think "could it be me who is misunderstanding this?"
>>
>> Could you please just rephrase yourself "I think you may be mistaken".
>>
>> Whenever it is *you* who is mistaken, you are always assertively and authoritatively so.
>>
>> This makes it harder for people to question or challenge you, and it ensures those you misadvise will waste their time with greater determination. "Well, Alan knows what he's on about, and he said this definitely - there was no doubt in his statement".
>>
>> Not only that, it's just plain annoying to be told one is wrong when one is not.
>
>
> Sure, I can do that.
>
> I read "that there will be files installed to /etc/init.d/ that don't
> actually do anything" different to what you intended. English can be
> very ambiguous.
>
> If we take "You are understanding it wrong." out of my mail is the rest OK?
The problem with the rest of that message was that, although accurate, it stemmed from the assumption that someone else must have misunderstood.
A similar explanation had already been given in this thread - I'd read that, and that's why I was responding.
Had you instead asked "what do you mean?" or "why does that bother you?" you would have given me the opportunity to clarify.
Had I shown a misunderstanding upon further elaboration, that would been your opportunity to demonstrate your wisdom.
Everyone here respects your knowledge and experience, it just feels like you're in such a rush to be helpful that you assume someone else must've screwed up.
Stroller.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-07-31 21:24 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 66+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-07-28 8:22 [gentoo-user] gentoo-systemd-only deprecation Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-29 3:30 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-29 11:04 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-30 7:04 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-31 18:28 ` Michael Palimaka
2013-07-30 7:09 ` [gentoo-user] " Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 7:47 ` Pavel Volkov
2013-07-30 16:17 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 17:53 ` covici
2013-07-30 18:06 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-30 22:04 ` covici
2013-07-30 22:40 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 6:24 ` Daniel Campbell
2013-07-31 7:00 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-01 9:43 ` Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 16:15 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 5:18 ` covici
2013-07-31 11:34 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:22 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 12:30 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 12:41 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:24 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-07-31 17:45 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 10:24 ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2013-08-01 11:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-08-01 15:46 ` [gentoo-user] " »Q«
2013-08-01 16:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 15:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 15:26 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-07-31 15:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 17:23 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 17:56 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:21 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:24 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:59 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:03 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 20:02 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:31 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2013-07-31 20:05 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2013-07-31 19:09 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 19:39 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:28 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:28 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:36 ` Neil Bothwick
2013-07-31 18:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 18:22 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 18:35 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-07-31 20:07 ` Bruce Hill
2013-07-31 18:54 ` Stroller
2013-07-31 19:38 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 21:22 ` Stroller [this message]
2013-07-31 21:43 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-07-31 22:25 ` Stroller
2013-08-01 6:12 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-08-01 0:09 ` [gentoo-user] " walt
2013-07-31 18:13 ` [gentoo-user] " Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 15:45 ` Yohan Pereira
2013-07-31 16:49 ` Tanstaafl
2013-07-31 16:46 ` Michael Orlitzky
2013-07-30 16:16 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-08-02 9:10 ` Poncho
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