Tongue in cheek... sorta...

(00:07:58) devpreed: I'm trying to sell an old consulting boss of mine on gentoo.
(00:09:48) ironwrought: I mentioned to the man called "The best Linux admin in NY State" that Gentoo's getting quite a lot of negative buzz lately (a la the Gaim request). He emphatically said "Gentoo is immature still, but a fine distro and more people need to understand that."
(00:10:32) devpreed: the Gaim request?
(00:10:39) devpreed: I didn't hear about this
(00:10:51) ironwrought: "Please preface Gaim messages from Gentoo users so I know they're idiots."
(00:11:06) devpreed: oh
(00:11:06) devpreed: that
(00:11:07) devpreed: yeah
(00:11:08) devpreed: whatever
...
(00:12:38) devpreed: Like Mandrake users aren't total n00bs, RedHat users aren't ex-MCSE's trying to keep their jobs, Debian users aren't RMS-wannabes, and SuSE users aren't bitter they aren't RedHat.