From Newsgroup: alt.english.usage

On 04/09/2026 3:07 PM, David Brown wrote:

On 03/09/2026 17:55, boltar@caprica.universe wrote:

On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 09:28:51 +0200
David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> gabbled:

On 02/09/2026 23:45, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

Instead of writing all that C code, why not using a preexisting
GUI utility that can display simple widgets like progress bars,
under the control of a shell script?

The OP wrote a cross-post that was devoid of any C relevant content
or question for comp.lang.c.-a But he helpfully set follow-ups to a
group that presumably /is/ relevant - comp.windows.x.-a We already
suffer from far too many rambling off-topic threads, and suffer even
more from some of the obnoxious trolls that have followed.-a (To be
clear, I am /not/ counting the OP here!)-a If you want to give the OP
advice on writing gui programs for X, that's great - but please do so
in a group that is appropriate, and which the OP clearly thought was
appropriate.

(For those in the other groups listed who might be wondering -
comp.lang.c is about the C /language/ - the language and the
standards. Just because a program happens to be written in C, does
not mean it is relevant or topical in the group, any more than a
random post written in the English language is topical for
linguistics.languages.english. There are millions of lines of C code
written every day, and they cannot all be topical in a single group.
But if anyone wants to discuss details of the language itself,
comp.lang.c is the place to be.)

Right, because usenet these days is overflowing with posts and
wouldn't cope
with many more.

Many of us would rather have just a few interesting threads, than a few interesting threads hidden amongst piles of rubbish.

I'm okay with threads drifting a bit off-topic - and even with threads
that are a bit off-topic to start with.-a But they should at least have / some/ relation to C as a programming language.-a I'm not okay with AI
slop, endless discussions on wildly different languages, cross-posts to totally random groups, posts that are just curses and insults, or people
who jump into a community of regulars who have been there for decades
and start trying to tell them what they should and should not talk
about.-a (Note - that was not a reference to you.)-a That's just rude and anti-social.

Interesting concept, this anti-sociality. It seems to me, it's perfect-
ly fine for /upstanding citizens/ of comp.lang.c to be /rude and anti-
social/, but newcomers such as myself get the cold shoulders.

Have you looked up the term "hypocrite" in the dictionary recently? Let
us look at an online example.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hypocrite

1: a person who puts on a false appearance of virtue or religion

That seems to describe you to a T, David Brown. And why are you brown?
Are your eyes also brown?

What is the origin of describing something to a T, and is it still used
in normal every day English? That's a question for alt.usage.english.

Is "hypocrite" perhaps one of these newfangled /ChatGPT vocabularies/
that Dan Cross is so enamoured [sic] of?
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