Rod Pemberton said:
So, people, i.e., "regulars," being a "dick" to newbies is acceptable, but
one "dick" preempting another "dick" from being a "dick" in the first place
isn't acceptable? What the hell are you smoking? Smoke some more of it
until you can't respond anymore...
That's it, in a nutshell.
It is OK for the regs to be "dick"s (And we do have several Richards
around here who routinely behave like dicks), but it is wrong for me to
parrot their style. It is, apparently, only OK if it is genuine (first
source).
And, I suppose, there is some logic to that. But the content is the
same.