On 10/03/11 8:22 PM, Risker wrote:
On 3 October 2011 16:06, Ken Arromdeearromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Scott MacDonald wrote:
I've never understood people's problem with WP:DICK.
Because invokin g it is equivalent to calling the other person a dick.
Every day, I see perfectly civil people facepalming. I have yet to see a civil person turn to someone in public and say "Don't be a dick."
I think perhaps some peoples' civility radar is somewhat out of tune.
I was unaware of the term "facepalm" until I read this thread. If someone had tagged me with this symbol, I wouldn't have had a clue about what he was trying to say. It seems that geekish. If somebody is being a jerk isn't it better to bluntly tell him directly instead of drawing upon an unfamiliar term from geekdom.
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