please tag your posts as nsfw if you're gonna jerk off everywhere
there is an interesting back and forth to be had about various forms of writing, the audiences, the styles. like, there are entire fields of human endeavor about this topic
but no, the "write simply" cultists want to completely erase all of this
there's never any consideration of what "simple" even means. other than a reflection of whatever the author feels is simple
i think this specifically drives me up the wall because writing is a medium of thought
it feels like... the opposite of transhumanism. that we should actively deny a fundamental part of what it means to be human, rather than extend it
okay so here's the thing: i've long been a fan of free software, but have found myself writing open source in my entire career. this has always bugged me. i go back and forth about why exactly this has happened.
part of it is because, well, stallman has been personally indefensible for a very long time. as in, defending the person