Originally posted by Ironmask
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Short version.
Many users like(d) Unity for their own workflow, and by that only I just completely dismantled your assertion.
Now for the long version.
I'm not bitter at Unity, I used it for 7 years and it is still the DE that offers the best workflow for my use. As it does/did for many other users that have expressed it. I personally regret it deeply (the Canonical version).
I'm using Gnome now, and I don't find it anywhere near as good for my workflow (even with 14 extensions). It doesn't mean I can call it dogshit. Even if it was dogshit for me, it isn't in general since plenty of users are happy with it. I have no right to generalize it as a fact in this context.
I respect that you don't find Unity fitted for your own use, there's plenty of choice out there and whatever suits you best, man. Contrary to you, I'm tolerant and I welcome choice if it can make everybody happy. Still, it doesn't mean the DE one uses is the best, it's the best for one or one's use. 2 completely different things.
This is why you are completely wrong in calling it dogshit as if you were expressing a fact. You're wrong in generalizing something from your own little opinion. Even if many others might share the same, it's still not enough to validate your assertion.
Many users like(d) Unity for their own workflow, as written above, and sure many didn't with every right not to (although sometimes just because they hate Canonical). By that 1st part only in the previous sentence I just proved it can't be extrapolated to an assertion such as yours, hence you're wrong, period. QED.
You can say "it's dogshit for me" or "I (personally) think it's dogshit" but you can't say "it's dogshit".
My tantrum comes from the feeling that everybody these days in comments sections is obsessed with winning the argument. And they're going full out with big assertions, catch phrases or twisted facts based on simple opinions, and generalizing or extrapolating these opinions as if they were facts, so they can absolutely win in a discussion. They try to convince others at all costs, including making their opinion bigger than what it is.
The thing is, there's no right or wrong or winning when expressing an opinion. It's just what it is, an opinion. Not a fact. Express it as such.
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