LEAVE SOCIETY
BE A MONKE
BE A MONKE
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James Adam
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I build software, as part of @goodenoughllc
Our postman is a sociopath who insists on folding every letter in half to post it through our perfectly normal letterbox.
Even if it's a small greeting card, it gets folded.
I find myself having quite a strong reaction to this senseless act.
Just got a "pre-overdue notice" from the library. So... a due notice then?
I'm not here to "cancel" anyone, or to try to evict DHH from Rails Core. I'm not "virtue signaling". I'm not proselytising we fork or abandon Rails.
I'm just really fucking tired of sighing.
The opinions of prominent people are inevitably intertwined with their projects and business, and they reflect and impact those respective communities.
But DHH doesn't own the Rails community. His opinions about culture and humanity are no more important than anyone else's. And I don't believe that the majority share his views.
So yes, he can say what he wants. But on these things, he does not speak for me, and I don't believe he speaks for the community I've been a part of for 20 years.
Write whatever you want on your personal blog. I don't need everyone to agree with me on everything, and many of the issues DHH opines about are nuanced and complex.
But his conclusions... aren't:
- if you choose not to have children, you are wrong;
- cultural integration is a fantasy;
- London was better when it was more white (!!!)
In a thread on X where DHH & others laugh about how people on Bluesky/Mastodon are "trying to cancel him" or "separate him from Rails", comes this deranged nonsense.
Mate, nobody is paying anybody. Some people just really don't like what he's saying and how it reflects on a community we otherwise love.
Chris Lowis
El RugFor the avoidance of doubt, the LRUG organisers, and we hope, the LRUG community, stand by the statement in our readme (https://readme.lrug.org/):
> We want LRUG to be a diverse and inclusive community, united by an interest in Ruby, and so we want anyone who is interested in Ruby to be able to participate.
Both London and the ruby community are diverse and all the more beautiful for that, no matter what others may say.
These are the suggested "notifications" that X thinks I'd be interested in. What a cesspool.