It’s like someone yanked the tablecloth from under your dishes and then mocked you for wondering why the tablecloth had to be removed.
If you’re Hobbes, you wanted the tablecloths gone and now they are. Zero friction. It’s an easy dunk in a space like Bluesky where no one has a different viewpoint.
If you’re Hobbes, you wanted the tablecloths gone and now they are. Zero friction. It’s an easy dunk in a space like Bluesky where no one has a different viewpoint.
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I dunno, get mad that they don't call 'em Freedom Fries anymore or some dumb shit like that. It will do wonders for you, I promise.
Imagine these snowflake crybabies having to live as Brown/Black people and simply for our genetics having to prove that you are an American at every turn? Grow a pair Mike.
The OP is talking about GitHub, where originally "master" was the defined term. But the they changed it so your organization could use any term, with "main" being their suggestion
Dude, all they did was start calling it a table linen. It's still there, even if you refuse to recognize it by another name.
MAIN makes significantly more sense in context than MASTER for branches in a code repo, and in most other uses of the word. So we, THE WHOLE INDUSTRY, shifted to language that makes more sense
how were you hurt by this change?
Changing master to main? Was a conversation I saw going on for at least ten years. https://lore.kernel.org/git/CAOAHyQwyXC1Z3v7BZAC+Bq6JBaM7FvBenA-1fcqeDV==apdWDg@mail.gmail.com/ 0 of the people on this chain are WOKE CHAMPIONS, they saw a change their community asked for and implemented it
if you kept saying master bedroom, at MOST, someone might say “hey i don’t like that term, can you use main?” and if that hurt you….. i suggest therapy lol
You’re talking about a product change that GitHub made to all of their hosted repos, *because their customers asked for it*
i see "master bedroom" all the friggin time!
Just because you didn't actually want to argue your stupid point with coworkers does not mean you were 'forced' to do anything
Dietrich Bonhoeffer would be so revolted that you use his image.
So stop being a bozo. You’re completely wrong here
https://bsky.app/profile/michael-aloysius.bsky.social/post/3lmq2ujzys22c
Let's make a bitch chain
Not knowing is fine, happens to everyone! Refusing to change, despite knowing better, is bad.
Language changes all the time. It's not a big deal.
Unless, of course, you were really invested in the term "master bedroom".
1. you approve of the change, in which case why frame it like a bad thing for this hypothetical Other who can't handle the change
2. you don't care about the change, in which case why post
3. you don't like the change
like that guy who made a thread on why right-wingers feel oppressed and didn't even slightly frame that as not an accurate assessment on their part
My company still has a "master" branch, though we are currently having conversations about replacing "blacklist" & "whitelist" w/ "deny_list" & "allow_list". No forcing.
Language has been changing for millennia - get used to it.
All of your examples, though, are just "change happened", which is a much less sympathetic thing to get worked up about.
language changes. 'master' was a great word to get rid of.
nobody is out to get you
Or do you cry at work, too?
"I feel uncomfortable when I am around people who aren't part of my cult."
5 minutes ago I saw a 'progressive' utterly dismiss a journalist's opinion because he was a "white male". Wtf?
You will find your ppl
honestly, please do
Maybe you should try focusing on anything else of any consequence whatsoever.
I mean, I think a few arguments are wrong. some can easily be disproven. but instead of questioning you and interacting somewhat respectfully, theres name-calling and other stuff. Thats really not helping to bridge the divide.
Like seriously stop looking for reasons to offended.
Stop being an asshole
And he's correct, if you read his thread, in that these specific language changes have almost always produced stronger social pressures going the other direction.
This is 2nd grader behavior. Try to act like a grown adult.
Ironically — have the “easy dunk” down pat.
(And the kicker is i bet it probably wasn't even something that actually happened to you, just something you imagined happening and then got mad at.)
David Frum is “left” now?
Nice to see people coming together over the written word.
Give your balls a tug. Discussions about language absolutely happen. I have bitched about disability and language. Stop being super soft.
"What kind of Coke would you like?"
"A Dr Pepper, please"
We do disagree and try to come up w tte best solution , but we are not trying to install oligarchy & kleptocracy.
Quit being such a gigantic baby, man up and be polite. Like maybe gracious even. It’s extremely unmanly to complain like this.
Are you a child? This is massively embarrassing for you. You should feel bad that you wrote/feel this.
That you can't see "why the tablecloth had to be removed" shows that you're weak link in the chain.
Get over it.
Stop being a dick.
Get a fuckin hobby.
Leading change by example is normal. So is when the example becomes popular
No one “yanked the tablecloth”. You chose not to sit at the table because it was beneath you.
Language Evolves 101
1) that happens pretty regularly in software
2) it was probably the 12th least important discussion that day