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302 sats \ 5 replies \ @south_korea_ln 1 Oct \ on: Stacker Saloon
Seems like the Knots/Core debate has turned misogynistic and racist.
I should really stop using Twitter...
Saw several personal attacks in a row on Gloria Zhao's gender and race, as if somehow that disqualifies her from contributing to Core.
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It is unimportant in Bitcoin. There will always be racists and even if the racists were a majority then it would still be unimportant.
The most important thing is to not be triggered if it happens to you, which is hard when it happens at scale, and has burned out many a developer, over much less than the toxicity we see in Bitcoin discourse. The sacrifices that some are making are admirable no matter whether you like or dislike the person making the sacrifice.
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Don't think the yelling will calm down. This non-eventic feud has become some people's raison d'être.
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Most of my success in parenting has come from realizing that my kids will forget what they were angry about shockingly fast. This may sound very paternal, but in many cases where they are worked up about something I know to be inconsequential, my goal becomes brief diversion so that they will move on...and it usually works.
Of course, most people on X are not children, but I still have great faith in the ephemeral nature of human emotions. Give them a month or two and they'll be worked up about something else.
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One can hope.
Bitcoin has seen it's share of rage quitters.
Good thing it doesn't matter too much. One leaves, another pops up.
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