and why do linux forum users get all uppity when you suggest that maybe it ought to

Trite, contrived, mediocre, milquetoast, amateurish, infantile, cliche-and-gonorrhea-ridden paean to conformism, eye-fucked me, affront to humanity, war crime, should literally be tried for war crimes, resolutely shit, lacking in imagination, uninformed reimagining of, limp-wristed, premature, ill-informed attempt at, talentless fuckfest, recidivistic shitpeddler, pedantic, listless, savagely boring, just one repulsive laugh after another.
and why do linux forum users get all uppity when you suggest that maybe it ought to
Im pretty sure you could have "hubris" at the top of most forum users' list of fetishes.
surprised there's no mention of dd in "the unix-haters handbook" but it does have the following bit
According to the empirical evidence of Unix programs and utilities, a more accurate summary of the Unix Philosophy is:
- A small program is more desirable than a program that is functional or correct.
- A shoddy job is perfectly acceptable.
- When faced with a choice, cop out.
Unix doesn’t have a philosophy: it has an attitude.