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.
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