You know, I have to agree with mdillon on this one. Perl Monks is the single friendliest tech site I have ever had the pleasure of participating in. You wouldn't catch me on #perl even if my job depended on it, because it filters out the thin-skinned sorts like me. It's fine to say "you should get a thicker skin" which I have been told, but screw that, I like myself the way I am.

Look, some newbie comes on and asks how to get rid of whitespace, they don't have any f***ing clue that this question has been asked a thousand times. If they did, they'd know where to find the answer. Is it so much to ask to just point 'em towards a working link with a friendly word? I don't mean to get religious, but you don't see Franciscans saying RTFB. There's a genuine community spirit here, and it has as much to do with humility as it does with knowledge.

sorry KM didn't mean to offend

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In reply to RE(5) Diversity, Newbies, Humility by neshura
in thread Diversity by jjhorner

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