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 1. No sarcasm
 2. Don't appear to lack empathy
-
-Enforcement of the Code of Conduct is complaint-driven.
+3. You can't live here. If you're spending hours a day writing Purr Data
+   code or-- worse-- spending hours a day *writing emails about* code that 
+   has yet to be written, you're doing it wrong
+4. If working on something for the first time, ask to be mentored
+5. If no one asked you to mentor them, don't teach
+6. It is better to let small things go then to risk taking time away from
+   solving bigger problems
+
+It is a really bad idea to break this Code of Conduct *even if* no one
+complains about your behavior.
 
 ### Contributor Guide