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Open a perfectly fine PR that fixes/accomplishes something but prefix PR comment with: "Hey guys," Sit back and watch as you're bombarded with threats and comm

• GoodbyeEarl 9y ago
  I've faced this exact scenario a few months back when I asked some questions on Preact's Gitter. Pathetic. English is not even my first language, I swear I didn't know I'd be offending someone by saying "hey guys" :/
  • GenericsMotors 9y ago
    It seems that as much as Silicon Valley preaches about being inclusive, they have a strict american-centric view of absolutely everything. I'm also not a native english speaker and it feels like I'm walking on eggshells constantly.
    • shados 9y ago
      This. A million times.
    • Macha 9y ago
      Especially since in other countries, terms like guys aren't so heavily gender-specific.
• allx 9y ago
  In some languages (I'm saying about russian) there is a written rule for such statements: if just one out of the whole auditory is a guy, you must say "Hey, guys".
  • dmitrymukhin 9y ago
    can you post a link to the rule, please