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by nanochad 1550 days ago
For some of us, there is no improving. If someone brings up a topic I know well, such as C, or the POSIX shell, I will start explaining the nuances which everyone gets wrong and after a minute I will be heavily breathing without realizing it. State that milliseconds don't matter, and I will start shaking and explain why Java is the worst thing to happen to computing, and maybe insult you for using it, as if you're the enemy all of a sudden. I also tend to point out spelling and grammar mistakes in people's writing online. I've tried to fix this. I am aware of the problem in me. I have tried explicitly preventing the usual trappings. But at the end of the day I always go back to the same old habits. Even this post took me 10 minutes to edit.