Condescension

[Michael]

My rule of thumb is not to begrudge people not knowing something but to
begrudge them being to lazy to try to find out. I'll answer questions
whenever I can without any nastiness but if the same person asks the same
question forty times without reading my answers I'll treat them like a
moron. I sure as hell don't know everything but at least I make an effort
to understand as much as possible. :)

The girl who stoops to conquer usually wears a low-cut dress.

;):):-):):-):):-)8')
Michael McGlothlin <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu>
http://mlug.missouri.edu/~mogmios/projects/

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, DCT Jared Smith wrote:

> >A condescending attitude towards those who are less
> >knowledgeable than yourself only breeds the kind of
> >contempt that many hold for the folks at M$.
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> True. I wake up in cold sweats at night thinking of
> what happens when Lx becomes the dominant operating
> system, and the 'underground' movement is for something
> like ATHEOS, NewOS, HURD, Angel, or Squeak.
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> "Compassion for the idiots!" cried the geek as
> they led him away for not making sense.
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> Not because the idiots deserve it, but because
> everyone is an idiot.
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> It is not possible to cease condescending; it is
> possible to make it more graceful.
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> -Jared
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