It’s that shining time of year again where Gentoo Devs stop being sane mature people and start acting like 5 year olds. It happens every year (sometimes more than once) and it amazes me that people who are normally quite sane and rational beings can throw it all away and throw hissy fits at each other.

Here is a hint: Not everyone gets along all the time. Shit happens, people say mean things, grow a pair (balls for men, I guess breasts for women, who knows*).
That being said, we tend to have to work with people whom we don’t always hold in the highest esteem. Dealing with your fellow man (or woman) is an important life skill
and I find it difficult to believe that we have a large faction that just lacks the ability to do so.

Realize then, that some people are just pricks who want to tick you off and are well versed in how to do so.
Realize then, that some people are just hungry for power and are well versed in how to gain and keep it, and also well versed in how to use it against you.
Realize then, that some poeple are quiet fellows, more concerned about their packages within Gentoo than Gentoo itself. Realize that you should not alienate these people, as they give Gentoo the girth it needs, the wideness of packages, to make it useful to so many.
Realize then, that some people are just trying to help; they could care less about the thing you are arguing endless about, they just want the arguing to end.

Realize then, that you need you deal with all of these people in order for Gentoo to continue. Trying to get them fired or trying to make them quit does not serve Gentoo. Gentoo needs its people, skilled people who know what they are doing, have experience in the area, and have served us well in their area in the past.

I don’t get why everyone’s personal differences preclude them from being civil, from working together, from acting like mature persons. It’s always ‘the other guy did it’, ‘it’s not my fault’…etc…etc.. Seriously man, chill.

* (Breasts must not be hairy)