• @Delphia@lemm.ee
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      381 year ago

      The whole “Trust me bro” thing comes from when they released their backpacks. They had issues with some of the zippers and people wanted to know what the warranty was. Linus said they didnt explicitly have one but that he would look after anyone with issues. When people got a bit rightly pissed about this, he got a bit defensive. “Trust me bro” sprung up as a meme out of that whole saga.

        • QHC
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          81 year ago

          What source are you looking for, exactly? You asked about a specific incident and got a fine summary. If you want more context, it’s very easy to find.

          If you are looking for a “source” for a subjective opinion of someone’s personality… I don’t even know what that would accomplish or what form you think that would take.

          • I don’t even know what that would accomplish or what form you think that would take.

            Exactly, which is why I think it’s weird to act like you know a stranger is a good person without much to go on.

    • @biddy@feddit.nl
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      261 year ago

      If you’ve seen enough wan show you can get a pretty good idea of his personality. He spouts so many controversial takes without thinking through the consequences, so he’s doing a terrible job if he’s actually an evil mastermind. Most people are well intentioned and Linus is no different.

      He’s also naïve, arrogant, and defensive, as we’ve seen lately.

      • @millie@beehaw.org
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        71 year ago

        There’s a huuuuge margin between ‘evil mastermind’ and ‘well intentioned’, containing ‘selfish misogynistic jackass’, ‘careless greedy capitalist’, ‘self-important egotistical manchild’, and many other aphorisms that we could ascribe to this tear-stained apologetic corporate head that would be far more accurate.

        In other words, just because he’s not the smartest or most sinister bad actor doesn’t mean we should trust him or give him our money or time.

        • @biddy@feddit.nl
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          21 year ago

          But any of those can also include well intentioned. Well intentioned, negligent, naïve, egotistical, arrogant, focused too much on business. All are fair adjectives.

          Even huge assholes are usually well intentioned (Elon Musk springs to mind), but they have a warped view of the world and get distracted by other things, and without realizing it end up doing more harm than good.