I was using “you” in the general sense the same way the post I was quoting used it, not to address @prettybunnys in particular. In fact, I’m well aware that specific-you was not among the general-“you” I was addressing, as I referenced people with “your [Windows] problems” and specific-you had made it clear that you’re a Linux user. (Cute tattoo, BTW, although I’d have believed you even without the picture.)
Anyway, I apologize for not making that clear enough. I should’ve noted it explicitly like I did in this other comment, but I thought the context was sufficient. Or maybe I just got lazy, and have no good excuse. Either way, personally attacking you was not what I intended.
I think the us vs them mentality, while totally normal human behavior, is unwarranted here.
I have tux tattooed on me because I make my living writing software predominantly for Linux, but I work from a unix system rather than Linux.
My next gig doing the same work I will likely be required to use a windows computer as my workstation. It will be out of my hands.
We use the tools we have, sometimes we can change our tools but more often than not people have the tools they have and ascribing your displeasure of their tool to that person is tech tribalism and part of the worst parts of human nature, even if it is over something so insignificant as which operating system someone else is using.
I don’t feel personally attacked by you, and idk why your comment was removed.
I was using “you” in the general sense the same way the post I was quoting used it, not to address @prettybunnys in particular. In fact, I’m well aware that specific-you was not among the general-“you” I was addressing, as I referenced people with “your [Windows] problems” and specific-you had made it clear that you’re a Linux user. (Cute tattoo, BTW, although I’d have believed you even without the picture.)
Anyway, I apologize for not making that clear enough. I should’ve noted it explicitly like I did in this other comment, but I thought the context was sufficient. Or maybe I just got lazy, and have no good excuse. Either way, personally attacking you was not what I intended.
I think the us vs them mentality, while totally normal human behavior, is unwarranted here.
I have tux tattooed on me because I make my living writing software predominantly for Linux, but I work from a unix system rather than Linux.
My next gig doing the same work I will likely be required to use a windows computer as my workstation. It will be out of my hands.
We use the tools we have, sometimes we can change our tools but more often than not people have the tools they have and ascribing your displeasure of their tool to that person is tech tribalism and part of the worst parts of human nature, even if it is over something so insignificant as which operating system someone else is using.
I don’t feel personally attacked by you, and idk why your comment was removed.