Real people don't need to call their colleagues "fuckhead".
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So what can you do? What can you, personally, do to keep Perl fun and useful for all?
First, get off your high horse. No one is any better than anyone else. "Open Source means anyone can join the party as an equal participant."[Ed.: a Tim O’Reilly quote]
Second, think before you type. What you say will be archived, logged or otherwise stored in some permanent form for Google to pick up within days. This goes for IRC logs, too. "This will go down on your permanent record" has never been so literally true.
Third, don't accept it from others. Some people may need private reminders of varying firmness, but they do need them. In some cases, I do think we need to act as our brothers' and sisters' keepers.
Finally, remember this: We're all fuckheads sometimes. Cut the other fuckhead a little slack, willya?
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