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OK, how about: I would not like ants crawling my room the same way as I would not like cockroaches crawling my room. But I don't mind using Apache Ant. Or, for
by cuu508 10y ago
OK, how about: I would not like ants crawling my room the same way as I would not like cockroaches crawling my room. But I don't mind using Apache Ant.
Or, for a not-exactly-elegant name: Ubuntu 4.10 Warty Warthog. You are launching a brand-new Linux distribution, why not call it after a warty wild pig. Worked OK for them.
- cocktailpeanuts 10y agoAnt and warthog do not universally evoke negative emotion. In many cultures ants are in fact associated with creatures that work hard, some people when they hear ants they think of the emergent behavior their colonies manifest. Warthog is more of a neutral term. Hearing that word gives me neither good or bad emotion, so it really depends on the context you use it. "Cockroach" on the other hand, like i said, I know of absolutely NO one who would get positive emotion upon hearing that word. Just like "rape", or "nazi" don't evoke positive emotion for anyone.
- sanderjd 10y agoI'm honestly curious: what does it matter to you? You keep comparing it to very extreme things and generally seem to care a lot, but I just don't get what the big deal is. "Cockroach" is just not such an offensive word that it's worth getting so worked up about.