"Furthermore, I'd like to +1 the idea of sanctioning individuals who feel the need to contribute disruptive/harmful comments to this thread." I'm all

"Furthermore, I'd like to +1 the idea of sanctioning individuals who feel the need to contribute disruptive/harmful comments to this thread." I'm all in favor for squelching users that are intentionally disruptive/harmful, but the users at whom that comment was directed did not do anything worth being sanctioned. Honestly, the NodeJS community has completely jumped the shark. This reminds me of this SMBC cartoon about the difference between "offended" and "offensive". http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2164 http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2164 Some of the examples don't even make sense: - mount is not an exclusively sexual term. For example, "a jockey mounts a horse" - the origin of the finger protocol comes from the idea of "snitching" on someone and has absolutely nothing to do with sex. - the touch command updates mtime (or creates a file if it doesn't exist) and its origin is from "touching something last" The most ironic thing in all this is that the causes are being championed by people who are very clearly neurotypical and completely ignorant to the cognitive diversity that has pretty much always existed in the field of computing that includes individuals who either don't feel offense or are oblivious to what might offend. Honestly, the NodeJS is becoming a less safe space for people on the aspie/autistic end of spectrum, lest they be attacked by a mob of people who wants to sanction them for word choices that they are insensitive to (i.e. completely unaware). https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c