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by AshamedCaptain 108 days ago
What baffles to me is the people who think that "gifts" should never be criticized.

I mean, suppose Adobe decides to gift "$1200" value in Adobe products/subscriptions to all subscribers of the gimp-users mailing list. Can I criticize that?
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theptip 108 days ago
I’m sure you can; grumpy people can criticize anything.

I just think it’s a waste of emotional energy to get worked up about what’s very obviously a net positive.

And I did not say gifts should never be criticized; “here have this free crack cocaine” would obviously be immoral. Don’t do the HN overgeneralization thing.

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vntok 108 days ago
What would you find deserving to be criticized about such a gift?
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