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Suggestion for improvement: numbers. I was about to name a project "Plate88", and a couple of people independently pointed out a reference to the nazi salute [
by ecesena 11y ago
Suggestion for improvement: numbers.
I was about to name a project "Plate88", and a couple of people independently pointed out a reference to the nazi salute [1].
We then renamed it to Plate28, hopefully safer.
Anyway, maybe worth considering these use cases.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/88_(number)
- protomyth 11y agoWhich brings us to the second part of naming things. I wouldn't tell someone in NASCAR country that 88 means a nazi salute unless you really want to offend.
- ecesena 11y agoExactly -- we want to do a healthy/educational thing, imagine our surprise knowing that...
- protomyth 11y agoI guess I would say the bad meaning of 88 is not very relevant and certainly shouldn't stop a company operating in Asia from using it. Heck, a golf company using 88 would mean double snowmen rather than any dark meaning beyond a bad score.
- DavidAdams 11y agoWhen my son was about 5, he picked up on the fact that the number 88 sounds a lot like "idiot," so he got a lot of pleasure out of yelling "88" all the time. It's become part of our family folklore. I take a lot of pleasure associating white nationalism with the word idiot now.