Most criticism of my work makes me want to improve my work.
Yours does not.
There! This has actually been a fascinating set of threads, regardless of the jerk-like intent or quality of my posts. Really, in my job I don't get to ponder the nature of criticism. I just get nailed for fucking up. Maybe that's the key here.--------------------------------- "You bring the weasel, I'll bring the whiskey." - kellnerin[ Parent ]
/me pats blixco on the head ...
"You didn't fuck up," says the asshole. "And since you didn't fuck up, you didn't get nailed for it." The asshole is a pedant that way.
"But what about all that criticism -- only from you -- that doesn't make me want to improve my work?"
"You have several ways to approach it," replies the asshole, settling down in his chair for a text box of didactic badness. "Nobody takes this asshole seriously anyway, so why should you? I'm not saying that you do; I'm just covering the bases." At this the asshole held up one finger. "Secondly," he continued, putting up a second, "assuming yours is the one I think it is -- and that will be revealed at the end of voting -- then the constructive criticism (which would have probably come across as condescending and been unwelcome ['I think this would work better,' 'Why does ...?' 'Did you think of ...?']) I had in mind would have been too much for an already bloated series of reviews."
"I object. That's not really a good excuse," points out the injured party.
"You are entirely correct," replies the asshole, putting down his fingers after realizing he won't get to points three and four. "But said 'reviews' were also prefaced with a reference to traditional hatred in similar reviews and the tradition of every $INSERTTHING sucking, such as operating systems or computers, with the addendum that some just suck less than others." The asshole took a breath and considered his considerable verbiage. He then stood, showed out the victim of the jerk, and once the door was closed contemplated the lonely New Diary Entry text box that demanded his attention.
_"The german quoting guy is a little bit out there." (fleece)[ Parent ]
