… which has never quite taken you as-is, bordering bullying maybe, and has now made up rules to include some new kids, using these as excuse to bully you around even more. You stay the outsider, having tried to struggle along for a while, except of course when they want to copy off your homework. Or, as happened to me, during a Maths test, with carbon paper. Then you're thanked for a short while, and after some time, you're alone again.

… except, it all happened in the city, not in the internet, which happily multiplies negative voices and likes to take things out of context, especially if part of the context was in private mail or other threads or long buried (closed as ignored/WONTFIX) bugreports.

Of course, some sorts of misbehaviour are okay, as long as those who do toe the party line — and aren't outcast, to start with.

I still pride myself as independent thinker and like to play the devil's advocate rule (heh, double entendree, being a BSD person). Critically looking at something new has led to lots of tys moments. If people listened to my criticism in the first place, effort could have been saved.

It seems to be an anglo-american-australian thing, putting political correctness in expressions over real niceness. And the opinion about cursing, in general. And this SJW thing. You know, a good friend is someone who you can be silent with, while being happy together. One whom you can insult, be it in jest or in anger, and still stay friends.

And look at those newcomers! Shiny, with makeup that promises faster boot times (eh? I fail to see how this is relevant in a Unix…) and all that. But these superficial people, always jumping from one thing (HAL, consolekit) to the next, giving up their own projects which they forced upon others the minute before — no consistency.

I'm too old for this shit. Ignore my rambling. Couldn't sleep.