Tniffoc
2009-07-18 22:31:31
I was on the irc earlier today and was constantly insulted and called a "retard" and things like that. This community is turning to be worse than RsBot. I came back to SRL hoping to find a community that was willing to help people just like the old days but instead found a piece of crap that does nothing but insult somebody when they are trying something new. Just because somebody isn't as good at something as you does not mean that they are a retard. It just means that they are learning. If you help them, one day they may surpass your skill but if you insult them, you create a bad name for yourself and the community you represent. Those of you who are doing this know who you are and I hope that when another interested person comes along you are nicer to them.
One time at a conference I heard a person speaking a very true analogy. Many good ideas are turned down by people higher up in the ranks for almost no reason. These nay-sayers are very detrimental to the progress of a community. I applied this analogy to my current situation and thought, wow, how many good developers could have made SRL a much better thing but were only turned away by people who would yell at them for asking questions? Albert Einstein was removed from school for asking too many questions. He was already a brilliant man, how much better do you think he could have been if that teacher had only listened to his inquiries and helped him through his childhood instead of insulting him and expelling him from the walls of the school.
I hope that teacher, and the people of SRL, are having a jolly good time insulting people because otherwise their cruelty isn't worth anything.
One time at a conference I heard a person speaking a very true analogy. Many good ideas are turned down by people higher up in the ranks for almost no reason. These nay-sayers are very detrimental to the progress of a community. I applied this analogy to my current situation and thought, wow, how many good developers could have made SRL a much better thing but were only turned away by people who would yell at them for asking questions? Albert Einstein was removed from school for asking too many questions. He was already a brilliant man, how much better do you think he could have been if that teacher had only listened to his inquiries and helped him through his childhood instead of insulting him and expelling him from the walls of the school.
I hope that teacher, and the people of SRL, are having a jolly good time insulting people because otherwise their cruelty isn't worth anything.