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I think you might be getting downvoted for using an abbreviation for 'transmission' that also happens to be a homonym for a slur against transgender people. You

I think you might be getting downvoted for using an abbreviation for 'transmission' that also happens to be a homonym for a slur against transgender people. You've written a good, informative comment drawing on your specialist expertise, so it seems a shame to have it lose visibility. You might consider editing to change the word that could be upsetting some people.

yhoneycomb 8y ago
>You might consider editing to change the word that could be upsetting some people. Are you serious right now?
- ForHackernews 8y ago
  I'm not being sarcastic, if that's what you're asking. It seems silly to to lose a worthwhile comment to censorious flagging.
ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago
I imagine vividly you visiting places like diyAudio or electronicspoint forums with this suggestion. May be you should try it.
angry_octet 8y ago
Can whoever flagged the original comment please STOP and THINK. Nothing wrong with the post. OMG. @icantdrive55 you are 100% right.
- angry_octet 8y ago
  On investigation icantdrive55, someone is systematically killing your posts. All you can do it create a new account.
  - danieltillett 8y ago
    Maybe it is a bot trigger by certain words since I can’t imagine anyone is that stupid.
    - angry_octet 8y ago
      I guess I have a higher opinion of the capabilities of stupid people.
  - dredmorbius 8y ago
    "Dead" is generally admin activity, "killed" is user flags. Seems to date to 2016, though I don't see an admin comment.
dangerface 8y ago
To be upset you would have to take it out of the context its presented in, at which point its out of context. Seems like people are trying to be upset, shame on them.
- userbinator 8y ago
  In electronics/electrician-speak, "tranny" is also commonly used to refer to transformers, but I'd never confuse that meaning with the automotive one nor the gender one given the context. I don't think older automatics are hard to work on (50s-70s era), but I agree that the modern electronic ones are horribly complex.
kennyadam 8y ago
Please don't be serious. If anyone is offended by transmission being abbreviated to tranny... well, they need to rethink their priorities.

yhoneycomb 8y ago

>You might consider editing to change the word that could be upsetting some people. Are you serious right now?

ForHackernews 8y ago
I'm not being sarcastic, if that's what you're asking. It seems silly to to lose a worthwhile comment to censorious flagging.

ZoomZoomZoom 8y ago

I imagine vividly you visiting places like diyAudio or electronicspoint forums with this suggestion. May be you should try it.

angry_octet 8y ago

Can whoever flagged the original comment please STOP and THINK. Nothing wrong with the post. OMG. @icantdrive55 you are 100% right.

angry_octet 8y ago
On investigation icantdrive55, someone is systematically killing your posts. All you can do it create a new account.
- danieltillett 8y ago
  Maybe it is a bot trigger by certain words since I can’t imagine anyone is that stupid.
  - angry_octet 8y ago
    I guess I have a higher opinion of the capabilities of stupid people.
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  "Dead" is generally admin activity, "killed" is user flags. Seems to date to 2016, though I don't see an admin comment.

dangerface 8y ago

To be upset you would have to take it out of the context its presented in, at which point its out of context. Seems like people are trying to be upset, shame on them.

userbinator 8y ago
In electronics/electrician-speak, "tranny" is also commonly used to refer to transformers, but I'd never confuse that meaning with the automotive one nor the gender one given the context. I don't think older automatics are hard to work on (50s-70s era), but I agree that the modern electronic ones are horribly complex.

kennyadam 8y ago

Please don't be serious. If anyone is offended by transmission being abbreviated to tranny... well, they need to rethink their priorities.