Comment by brandmeyer

There is another side to this. I've seen a ton of technical criticism get delivered with emotionally laden commentary. X is "totally broken", "crap", "not even wrong", "just wrong", "terrible", etc. There is a way to deliver criticism while maintaining an environment of common professional respect. Many people don't even try. With the caveat that I'm painting with a culturally biased brush, I've found Germans (and Finns!) to be particularly abrasive in this regards.