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I hope gitlab will not follow this trend which is purely PR (pun intented), (if Sytse is reading this thread) , it will give one more reason to love them. As I

I hope gitlab will not follow this trend which is purely PR (pun intented), (if Sytse is reading this thread) , it will give one more reason to love them. As I really do think it's purely short-term thinking. As other may have said, regardless of where it comes from, most of people now use it with the idea it means "master copy". Soon: * git itself is an offensive term and is renamed * git blame too and is renamed * grammar nazi can't correct my broken English anymore (goodwin point <- but how do Jewish people feel about this term ? ) * robot comes from the term robota which mean slaves, but it's okay because that's not English. If it's not offensive in the USA, that's fine i guess ? And to finish, being of European background, master/slave for me is more linked to the greek cities period.

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago
It is harder to use the "A: I am offended.B:So what?" today. The more vocal proponents are not above going after you personally if you exhibit wrongthink. That said, the robot example may end up being interesting. How far can this particular language purication can be taken?
- allan_s 6y ago
  I totally agree with you, we're replacing democracy by "power to the loudest". > How far can this particular language purication can be taken I'm not anti-american (damn I have to put this kind of disclaimer), but it will go as far as these american-culture-centered people will think X or Y go against their view. I think I understand more and more my Chinese friends who don't understand people who are trying to convince them "you're living in a dictatorship that's bad, see democracy is sooo good, why are you not listening to me", and they're just "I don't care, I don't understand why it's so much of an issue to you ?" and yes for robot, the more I think about it, the more I don't understand why that's not the first word to have been reviewed, because the very idea, popular conception of a robot is the humanoid-metal-thing doing your chores, you can't do closer to the meaning of "slave" they don't want to hear about !

A4ET8a8uTh0 6y ago

It is harder to use the "A: I am offended.B:So what?" today. The more vocal proponents are not above going after you personally if you exhibit wrongthink. That said, the robot example may end up being interesting. How far can this particular language purication can be taken?

allan_s 6y ago
I totally agree with you, we're replacing democracy by "power to the loudest". > How far can this particular language purication can be taken I'm not anti-american (damn I have to put this kind of disclaimer), but it will go as far as these american-culture-centered people will think X or Y go against their view. I think I understand more and more my Chinese friends who don't understand people who are trying to convince them "you're living in a dictatorship that's bad, see democracy is sooo good, why are you not listening to me", and they're just "I don't care, I don't understand why it's so much of an issue to you ?" and yes for robot, the more I think about it, the more I don't understand why that's not the first word to have been reviewed, because the very idea, popular conception of a robot is the humanoid-metal-thing doing your chores, you can't do closer to the meaning of "slave" they don't want to hear about !