• orgrinrt@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I have some newfound respect for the man, it seems. Not that I didn’t respect him earlier, just thought that his toxicity was the defining trait of his temper. I find these takes somehow mellow the image in my mind.

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      11 months ago

      The man is a swedish speaking Finn originally, it kinda comes with the territory. We might technically be a minority but we’re still as Finnish as the rest of them (to a certain degree at least).

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      11 months ago

      I think even he realized his tocicity was a problem a few years ago, so he took time out to work on that and seems much more balanced now.

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        11 months ago

        It’s unkown whether he improved his temper or whether he just built a very good mail filter for himself though.

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          That’s fair, but the result seems to be the same; he’s nowhere near as caustic when interacting with people as he used to be. I had quite a lot of sympathy with the message in most of his technical rants, but the delivery was counterproductive. If he’s changed that I think he’s done well.

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      11 months ago

      If you’re a tankie you can be a cunt? What an absurd take.

      Edit: tankie is originally too strong for Linus. Still a terrible takeaway.

      Edit 2: Linus is worth 150M+, not exactly giving that away either.

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        11 months ago

        Linus isn’t a tankie, and Socialism/Communism isn’t giving away money. It’s a dramatic restructuring of the economy into a Worker owned and operated one.

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          11 months ago

          I already conceded hours ago that tankie was absolutely the incorrect term. You are absolutely correct it’s an entirely incorrect characterization.

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        11 months ago

        Not really sure what you mean. Just my personal anecdote, I made no attempt to generalize it or imply objectivity…