> I'd have nothing but respect, but this is not what these people are about.
Presumably if they or their family members have struggled with alcoholism they wouldn't tell some stranger at a tech conference about it right after finishing talking about the latest trends in REST-ful API design.
Imagine the exchange.
* "-Yeah hateoas is totally not worth it, we tried it and it was just a pain to implement without seeing any benefits"
* "-Let me get buy you a beer"
* "-Nah, my father was an alcoholic who beat my mom and me growing up, he then left and killed himself. So yeah, I'll just pass".
* "-......<silence>....Yeah, cool, I'll just move over there to meet some friends. Nice talking to you."
Sometimes you won't know the true reason, you'll just hear a socially acceptable light cover. So don't always assume they are just prudish and conservative.
And well, actually there are a lot of people who just don't enjoy drinking. You know like there are some that don't enjoy pizza. They just don't. They like hamburgers better, always.
Presumably if they or their family members have struggled with alcoholism they wouldn't tell some stranger at a tech conference about it right after finishing talking about the latest trends in REST-ful API design.
Imagine the exchange.
* "-Yeah hateoas is totally not worth it, we tried it and it was just a pain to implement without seeing any benefits"
* "-Let me get buy you a beer"
* "-Nah, my father was an alcoholic who beat my mom and me growing up, he then left and killed himself. So yeah, I'll just pass".
* "-......<silence>....Yeah, cool, I'll just move over there to meet some friends. Nice talking to you."
Sometimes you won't know the true reason, you'll just hear a socially acceptable light cover. So don't always assume they are just prudish and conservative.
And well, actually there are a lot of people who just don't enjoy drinking. You know like there are some that don't enjoy pizza. They just don't. They like hamburgers better, always.