Anton TkachovA little moment of bragging β got an XO Ruby pin from @jremsikjr while attending @rockymtnruby.
Looks great and will be a nice reminder of the XO Ruby series and the warm MINASWAN community it represents.
Joel VanderWerfWondering what ever happened to #MINASWAN
Esparta 
@vito it's not about what I understood but what I actually experienced, focus in this:
https://ruby.social/@esparta/114589383421300519
people who literally said #minaswan and minutes later being racist **with** me, in my face in situations where they hold the power. That happened more than once - less than 10 if that matters.
> like in "he is nice, and by extension so are we", but some sort of reminder to be great to/with each other.
right now it feels like you are not doing it, more like gaslighting me.
Esparta :ruby: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] continuing about #minaswan back in the 2010s a lot of people were piggybacking on #minaswan with literally: "See, Matz is nice, that means I'm nice" which once I (almost) reply: > No sir, you are still a racist who happen to work with #ruby for a living, earning a lot of money because of that, and contributing almost nothing but a praise and "exposure" to the language. How being (somehow) associated with Matz made you a nice person? ** true story.
Eurukore:
> "There is no #MINASWAN. It was a lie."
I've been telling this for years, but people doesn't listen:
https://ruby.social/@esparta/114589343928708447
&&
https://ruby.social/@esparta/114589383421300519
usually when I said #MINASWAN point was wrong I either being ignored, or they says I'm just jealous and mad at people who "got lucky" - are privileged.
Esparta :ruby: (@[email protected])
@[email protected] > #minaswan don't get me wrong, but since I joined the #ruby community, 10 years ago, that was the first criticism I've had: > Matz is nice and so we are nice Sorry, but no, that's not how it works. If Matz is nice, that's good, but people are not nice by association, #minaswan would be just happenstance. People like you, Aaron Summer, had a long, slow, constant, solid journey towards being a good person, it's independent of what Matz did, and has their own merits.
Vito Sartori (γ΄γ£γ) π¦
alexanderadamIt's always nice to see @matz on an @Euruko stage π
#MINASWAN #ruby #RubyLang #RubyLanguage #RubyProgramming #EuRuKo #EuRuKo2025 #VianaDoCastelo #portugal #RubyConference #ProgrammingConferences
|7eter l-|. l3oling π§°It is now very clear how #MINASWAN has allowed toxicity and bad behavior to fester, including in myself. Call me out when I am an ass. Thanks to the few who have.
Jabawack81@os_sci @matz @balticruby me too.
I'm so grateful that we have such lovely events with nice people. #MINASWAN
I'm so grateful that we have such lovely events with nice people. #MINASWAN