Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.
If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
This does not mean that some of us should not want, in a rather dispassionate sort of way, to put a bullet through csh's head.
And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.