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And it works.)

Actually, so-called polite-correctness is exaggerated. Of course, it is unacceptable to, say, constantly remind a person with some disability that he is somehow handicapped, comparing to other - he knows it perfectly well. But there is nothing wrong to point out to a healthy adult, who act like an idiot that he acts like an idiot - it is just an observation of what is.)

In case of a collaborative project, where an act of negligence or lack of attention could cause an unpleasant difficulties, such tactic is quite efficient, especially when you just cannot code-review everything.

Actually, it could be called a culture. Almost every, say, "primitive" community is using the tactics of mocking and languagely abusing each other to, so to speak, stay in a shape. A military unit or criminal gang are canonical examples.) Of course, some constructive feedback must be given, otherwise this would be regarded as offence and severely punished.

Psychology of lower classes isn't that sophisticated, and the methods they use are primitive but efficient to some extent. One could use /b/ as a working model.)



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