Andrew Gaffney wrote: > Andrej Kacian wrote: >> On Sat, 10 Mar 2007 12:28:29 -0600 >> Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> Thing is that kinda stuff just puts ppl off; i've seen you carry on >>>> bugzilla but i always thought fair enough he's stressed and working on >>>> loads a bugs; if you really wanted to say that crap to me, you could >>>> have emailed me. >>> Wow, somebody took that completely the wrong way. It was nothing more >>> than a joke. >> >> This is a fine example of how different people are in perceiving jokes. >> Exactly; it's also about the context of the remarks; if they'd been said to me on irc by someone i was chatting with i'd joke right back. I just didn't expect it here and it threw me; I see this as public space, and it's like some guy i didn't know just came up and started slagging me off.
>> BTW, I never understood why are certain people so touchy about >> homosexuality, while others joke about it with their peers daily (and >> very personally). > > The people who get all bent out of shape about a simple joke like that are > either homosexual themselves (not a bad thing) or homophobes (definitely a > bad thing). > FWIW I've calmed down now, that's why i shut up before i said something i might regret in a public forum. masterdriverz explained it was a joke, ok cool. I've never been spoken to like that by someone with whom I've never actually conversed. Can we forget about it? (BTW I don't know any of you; dunno about you but i value my privacy, so if i wanna discuss what i do in bed with you, i'll ask yeah? ;) -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
