On 10/03/11 8:22 PM, Risker wrote:
> On 3 October 2011 16:06, Ken Arromdee<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Scott MacDonald wrote:
>>> I've never understood people's problem with WP:DICK.
>> Because invokin g it is equivalent to calling the other person a dick.
> Every day, I see perfectly civil people facepalming.  I have yet to see a
> civil person turn to someone in public and say "Don't be a dick."
>
> I think perhaps some peoples' civility radar is somewhat out of tune.
>
>
I was unaware of the term "facepalm" until I read this thread. If 
someone had tagged me with this symbol, I wouldn't have had a clue about 
what he was trying to say. It seems that geekish. If somebody is being a 
jerk isn't it better to bluntly tell him directly instead of drawing 
upon an unfamiliar term from geekdom.

Ec

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