Except that Zed isn't "bashing", he's making an intelligent, measured well thought-out argument - for once. Perhaps the only thing that will happen is the brains of those expecting insanity will explode...
To me, that’s fucked up, and something only an obnoxious Nihilist would do. A Nihilist who was just jerking people around and playing a long con on everyone.
If you think this is measured I would hate to see your definition of intemperate.
Given that "Why the Lucky Stiff" is a persona - a mask, that this guy has worn for a while, and that seemingly, he no longer wishes to wear, what are we supposed to call him? Jonathon, if that's his "official" name, seems as good as anything else, since he seems to have resigned from the "Why" role.
It's not his name. Zed posted a link on Twitter to somebody named Jonathan and insisted it was _why. It wasn't.
We're talking about why the lucky stiff. We don't know anything about the man that wore the mask. He was very good at keeping his personal life a mystery. So calling him why the lucky stiff makes sense, at least until/if we learn more about what's going on.
I read that as showing how he actually cared about _why? as a person, rather than as his persona. He doesn't really care about _why?'s code, he cares that everything is okay with him.
But _why's name isn't Jonathan, Zed didn't know him in person, and in the one public conversation they had _why and Zed weren't on the same side of the argument.
We have no proof that _why is in any trouble at all, and this isn't the first time he's nuked things he created. There's nothing much about the person to be worried about, and the persona isn't real. Zed just likes ranting. (BTW, if you're worried about a person and how they're doing, you don't call them names.)
