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Nah. Wasn't edited, but it was definitely a slap at me, personally. I touched a nerve, and was reprimanded. It was not a "fun" response, and it made me realize that I had caused offense.

Teh Internets tubes are a difficult landscape to navigate. It's almost impossible to write stuff without causing some offense.

Some folks take that as an admonition to never write anything fun. Others (like me) learn to apologize.

I'm fairly good at apologizing, as I need to do it so often. Each time, I learn to ameliorate my approach.

But I'll never stop posting in a humorous way.

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I don't see any need to apologise for what's clearly meant as a lighthearted joke. Just don't complain when someone comes up with a clever comeback :)

No, it wasn't lighthearted, but it wasn't vitriol, either. I touched a nerve, and got slapped.

It's cool.

Just for another perspective- I read it as peter intended, a deadpan way of purposefully taking your statement literally, that you wrote code that made you scream, it wasn't Perl's fault.

I found it hilarious, but I'm a weird guy. I just can see where he is coming from where he meant it as a snide joke, not a personal attack.

Looked like a good-natured but wry joke, not a slap.

This whole thread feels like a glorious exercise of Poe's Law.

I can't tell what's what, but man is it funny, to me it reads as deadpan humor by peterep with no insult intended, but obviously others read it differently.

Perspective is amazing and this has made my day from all the smiles and laughs XD

Yeah, it's weird. Even aside from different perspectives, we still get to choose how to interpret and react. "Don't take it personally" is a good way to go through life, in general.

you really make life way too hard for yourself? why the heck would u care if random stranger is offended over a simple joke regarding a programming language? waste of energy man

> why the heck would u care if random stranger is offended over a simple joke regarding a programming language?

Ooh. I know this one!

Because they are human, and humans are important.

I care, though that won’t always stop me from writing stuff that may or may not cause offense.

But I care about others. I know that makes me apostate, in today’s rage-fueled insane asylum of society, but that’s how I roll.

i think you could use your energy better. if people are offended because of bullshit, its their fault. not yours

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