Note:
For the other side of the coin, see: http://shlomifishswiki.branchable.com/Encourage_criticism_and_try_to_get_offended/ .
The Miller, His Son and the Donkey
The Miller, His Son, and the Donkey
«Please all → Please None»
Jennifer Lawrence about people criticising her looks
«This is hilarious. First, people say how many actresses in Hollywood look too anorexic, and now they are criticizing me for looking too normal.»
The Colour of the Bikeshed / Parkinson’s Law of Triviality
Why should I Care What Color the Bikeshed is?
"The really, really short answer is that you should not. The somewhat longer answer is that just because you are capable of building a bikeshed does not mean you should stop others from building one just because you do not like the color they plan to paint it. This is a metaphor indicating that you need not argue about every little feature just because you know enough to do so. Some people have commented that the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change."
The song “Keep on Singing My Song” by Christina Aguilera
The song "Renegade" by Cimorelli
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FktDDKNrWjk - "I'm going to do it my way"
Attributed Quote by Linus Torvalds
My most important job [as the leader of the Linux Kernel project] is to say “No.”.
Feature-creep / Featuritis
Feature creep, creeping featurism or featuritis is the ongoing expansion or addition of new features in a product, such as in computer software. Extra features go beyond the basic function of the product and so can result in software bloat and over-complication rather than simple design.
/r/programming feature: “What Have We Learned from This Open Source Project”
Every change will ruin someone’s day. They will be sure to tell you about it. The same change will improve someone's day. You will not hear of this.
Two kinds of programming languages
There are only two kinds of [programming] languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses.
It's not about buying Video Games
The key to failure:
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
— Herbert Bayard Swope (1882-1958), misattributed to Bill Cosby
Wil Wheaton about a Bad Review of his book
Well, right now I need to examine my life, and I need to be totally honest with myself. I have to own up to something: I *did* hope that my book would get noticed by the Industry. I hoped that it would get noticed by critics, and I hoped that The Media would pay attention . . . but all that happened after it was published. When I wrote it, I hoped that my story would be amusing, interesting, and maybe even inspiring to people. And you know what? That’s exactly what Real People tell me when they read my book: they were amused, interested, and occassionaly inspired.
What a myopic fucking fool I’ve been! What a stupid, stupid jerkass! I was so worried about impressing The Cool Kids, I forgot who I am, and why I do this. And even worse, I disrespected — even if unintentionally — the very people who have been with me on The Journey all along. It’s not some stupid magazine that owes *me* an apology; it’s *me* who owes all those Real People an apology.”
I turned to Anne. “I know what I’m going to write when we get home.”
“Good,” she said. “Just let it go.”
“I just did.”
-- http://wilwheaton.net/2004/09/in_labyrinths_of_coral_caves/
One commentor written there:
Wil, No need to apologize. You did nothing wrong. Everyone (who isn’t a sociopath, that is) has feelings, and they’re fragile. It’s tough to grow a thick skin.
-- Jeannette
Excerpt from Selina Mandrake - The Slayer
[ They both smile. ]
-- https://www.shlomifish.org/humour/Selina-Mandrake/
Excerpt from Queen Padmé Tales
Padmé: I should note that I invited your wives, to help me beta test a new clothes selector product by me giving them clothes.
Worf: yes, they complain they don't have enough to wear.
Padmé: Yes, it is really Sabrina-style. I was offered early access and accepted, and ended up finding a few bugs. They were fixed.
Worf: Heh, nice. Were you paid for that?
Padmé: Well… if I pay, commentators complain; if I get paid, commentators complain; if it's a free gift, they also complain.
Twilight Sparkle: You can never please everypony!
Big Mac: ayyup!
Gowron: Story of my life… of everypony's, heh.
The song "Human" by Rag'n'Bone Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3wKzyIN1yk
I'm only human, after all. Don't put the blame on me.