I think it's meant to be ironic? Why would that be the first sentence of a poem about software and the Python newsgroup/mailing list community?
A certain percentage of people might be offended by changing the first line (the frame of) of said poem; to "I'm better than you". Dominance and arrogance are upsetting to a certain percentage, so that shouldn't occur. (Though arrogance tends to be the norm in many open source communities which are necessarily discerning and selective; in order to avoid amateurish mediocrity). So, in a way, "Beautiful is better than ugly" was the CoC in the Python community for many years; so, now that the CoC is in place, the best thing to do may be to just remove the Zen of Python entirely; rather than dominate the authors' sarcastic poem until it's devoid of its intentional tone. On Sunday, September 16, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Sunday, September 16, 2018, Wes Turner <wes.tur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> It may be most relevant to interpret the poem as it is: culled from >> various writings of the community. >> >> What do we need to remember? Our criticism can hurt fragile feelings and >> egos; which we need to check at the door. >> > > Dear Python community, > > >> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetics >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_dysmorphic_disorder >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compensation (time spent disambiguating) >> >> Python is primarily an online community; where words are our appearance. >> > > We should strive to be concise. > > "I don't like it because it's ugly" is not a helpful code review. > > Subjective assertions of superiority are only so useful in context to the > objectives (e.g. reducing complexity) > > >> >> "Most reasonable people would understand that" we're *clearly* talking >> about engineering design aesthetic. >> >> Not body dysmorphia. >> Objectively, >> > > That's subjective > > Compared to C, >> > > C has different objectives for a different market. > > >> Python is fat and slow. >> > > Python is plenty fast for people all over the world who are solving > problems for others. > > >> It's not fast, but it's pretty, >> and that's all it has going for it, >> > > Python has lots of things to be proud of and confident about (i.e. helping > others and paying bills). > > >> In this crazy world. >> >> >> Mean losers, >> T-shirts. >> > > Attention seeking AND problem solving > > >> >> Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >> >
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