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I disagree with you. What's childish about filing an issue with something that offends you? > it's not something an engineer should ever do. But what if it wa

I disagree with you. What's childish about filing an issue with something that offends you? > it's not something an engineer should ever do. But what if it wasn't Santa but it was like a different religious icon - like a menorah? I feel like literally thousands of American christians would have banned using VSCode or even Microsoft products for something like that.

nikolay 7y ago
But what if I am offended that somebody finds my beliefs offensive?! I am not offended by other religions in any way whatsoever - I respect their rights as much as I want them to respect mine. The whole America is decorated for Hellowing, Christmas, and Easter - VS Code is people's least problem! And, as I stated, I can feel totally offended, but I'm not. I feel offended by Helloween, which all liberals celebrate, although it's has Roman-Catholic origins, it's against Christianity's principles, it has a huge environmental impact, and it greatly disturbs me personally, but I honor the rights of others to enjoy it. Should I be offended by nowadays Germans because in the past they killed my ancestors? Please, grow up! History is to learn from it, not to avenge for things way back in the past. Enough snowflakes among the engineers! I can't forget that master-slave "offensiveness" still!
thatswrong0 7y ago
It's childish because: A) It ignores entirely the modern day usage of the Santa hat (it is not really a religious symbol, it is more like a general holiday symbol) B) Even if it were, say, a menorah, it could mean that the developers are Jewish. Why would someone of a different religion celebrating the holidays offend you? That would imply to me that you're intolerant of other religions. C) It was obviously not placed there with bad intentions. It is clearly intended to be festive and fun. D) It is a waste of developer resources to remove something they just added in. E) It devalues issues that people with genuine offenses might raise in the future, i.e. the boy who cried wolf.
- userbinator 7y ago
  Even if it were, say, a menorah, it could mean that the developers are Jewish. That reminds me of another "cultural artifact in software" with an interesting backstory --- T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM.
pvinis 7y ago
You know what's even better? Not getting offended. Let people do what they want. And specifically for vscode, it's a button that makes the editor snow. Just enjoy it. Or don't. But definitely don't make it worsr for anyone else. Lot's of other apps do similar things. Lot's of people decorate. I hope no one goes around reporting apps and people for what they put on display.

nikolay 7y ago

But what if I am offended that somebody finds my beliefs offensive?! I am not offended by other religions in any way whatsoever - I respect their rights as much as I want them to respect mine. The whole America is decorated for Hellowing, Christmas, and Easter - VS Code is people's least problem! And, as I stated, I can feel totally offended, but I'm not. I feel offended by Helloween, which all liberals celebrate, although it's has Roman-Catholic origins, it's against Christianity's principles, it has a huge environmental impact, and it greatly disturbs me personally, but I honor the rights of others to enjoy it. Should I be offended by nowadays Germans because in the past they killed my ancestors? Please, grow up! History is to learn from it, not to avenge for things way back in the past. Enough snowflakes among the engineers! I can't forget that master-slave "offensiveness" still!

thatswrong0 7y ago

It's childish because: A) It ignores entirely the modern day usage of the Santa hat (it is not really a religious symbol, it is more like a general holiday symbol) B) Even if it were, say, a menorah, it could mean that the developers are Jewish. Why would someone of a different religion celebrating the holidays offend you? That would imply to me that you're intolerant of other religions. C) It was obviously not placed there with bad intentions. It is clearly intended to be festive and fun. D) It is a waste of developer resources to remove something they just added in. E) It devalues issues that people with genuine offenses might raise in the future, i.e. the boy who cried wolf.

userbinator 7y ago
Even if it were, say, a menorah, it could mean that the developers are Jewish. That reminds me of another "cultural artifact in software" with an interesting backstory --- T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM.

pvinis 7y ago

You know what's even better? Not getting offended. Let people do what they want. And specifically for vscode, it's a button that makes the editor snow. Just enjoy it. Or don't. But definitely don't make it worsr for anyone else. Lot's of other apps do similar things. Lot's of people decorate. I hope no one goes around reporting apps and people for what they put on display.