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"Hey, Jo, Dave's being an asshole and reverting my commits for no reason.

I've been nearsighted all my life, and once you hit 40 years old you stop being able to see things up close.

Not being able to request features for free doesn't make it against the "spirit of open source".

Ideally, they force the person being squeezed out to choose to quit rather than actually be fired.

In that particular thread, I was accused of being a shill and an astroturfer by 3 members.

A week later the office was ablaze with "so-and-so being groomed as successor" rumours.

He's doing that all the time, of course, and people scramble like ants being pounded with a rubber mallet whenever it happens.

At a certain point you stop being able to just act like a regular person and have everything turn out fine.

Here is a lesson I've learned the long, hard way after 30 years of being a strong introvert: it's not how or where you meet people that counts.

I remember being excited when Larry Tessler was hired, and dismayed at the way he was treated.

It just smells of being rehearsed, and carefully coordinated to select such language.

I get on guys' cases all the time when they're being obliquely and overtly sexist, especially in mixed company.

Some people love this work, they can stay useful and "in the game", but some hate it because it comes with the cachet of being stale and not keeping up with the times.

Most of these efforts are successful because they manage to position the person being targeted in a position where they just roll over.

I'm one who pretty much defaults to giving women a pass because of all the stupid shit they've dealt with over a long history of men being complete assholes.

That he's somehow looked past the person's "shortcomings"?It seems to me more people are interested in being internet bullies than achieving true social justice.

I can't even imagine being held captive without arrest for hours, being questioned about the purpose of my trip, about my religion and habits, all while travelling within my country.

I was being loyal, and went to HR to try and get some advice or mediation, but despite being promised confidentiality, the notes of my meeting with the HR rep were forwarded to my boss.