[geeks] Avoiding Blowhard Syndrome redux..

[Lionel Peterson]

--- Mike Hebel <nimitz at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> On Sunday, February 2, 2003, at 05:16 PM, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > It must have something to with the time of year, the weather, and
> the
> > fact that a lot of us are facing stressfull and uncertain times
> right
> > now.
> 
> I don't know what the cause is but it's rather obvious on many of the

> lists I frequent. Seems a recent thing too - I agree.

Here's a thought, cabin fever? It is so fucking cold back east, that we
are all going a bit stir crazy...

Add to that recent events over TX, the long-term effects of the economy
("it's the economy, stupid" - yeah, thanks Bill), and I think the cause
is clear. And because we typically feel that *anything goes* on Geeks,
all this miserable dreck gets exposed, discussed, compared, and argued
about.

Here's a hint, the thread on unemployment was bad, not for what was
said, but mainly for the sinking feeling I got as I kept seeing more
and more "yeah, me too" posts. Misery loves company, and there is
plenty of that to go around, but please think before posting...

Thanks, 

=====
Lionel

"Nothing would please me more than being able to hire ten
programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software"
Bill Gates, in "An OpenLetter to Hobbyists" dated February 3, 1976
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