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> In summary? It offends some people. I know, after-all there are people who are offended to anyone having a Master degree. > I know about exceptions (Germany

by type0 6y ago

> In summary? It offends some people. I know, after-all there are people who are offended to anyone having a Master degree. > I know about exceptions (Germany WW2, etc.) In my case, I feel offended when anyone brings up things like that. Please stop posting this kind of comments.

gambiting 6y ago
I can't wait until we stop using the word "occupied"(as in - occupied disk space, or occupied toiled) - my own country has been occupied so hard it stopped existing for nearly 100 years, countless people have died fighting against occupation, and now just seeing the word offends me, because somehow I grew to an adult age without the ability to differentiate between intention and context. Obviously, it's nonsense. I don't have anything against github changing the names if they desire to, but I wish we called the argument behind it exactly for what it is - nonsense.
- type0 6y ago
  Yeah right, no should ever get an occupation because of their Master's degree
- acephal 6y ago
  Poland?
  - gambiting 6y ago
    Bingo - there's even an old joke: A German tourist drives through the Polish border, the guard asks "name?" Helmut "married?" Yes, two kids "occupation?" No no, just visiting
oblio 6y ago
> In my case, I feel offended when anyone brings up things like that. Please stop posting this kind of comments. I don't mean to offend anyone, I just have to point this out: I'm Romanian. Considering how much worse, overall, our history was compared to yours (since I noticed you're Polish), I'm not sure you get to play the "I'm offended" card against me.
- type0 6y ago
  I was only trying to highlight that this slippery slope you talked about do exist and happens all over the Internet, and no I'm not Polish. Whether one would be really offended or just pretend to be is not the issue but mindless word policing is never for the benefit of discourse.

by type0 6y ago

gambiting 6y ago

I can't wait until we stop using the word "occupied"(as in - occupied disk space, or occupied toiled) - my own country has been occupied so hard it stopped existing for nearly 100 years, countless people have died fighting against occupation, and now just seeing the word offends me, because somehow I grew to an adult age without the ability to differentiate between intention and context. Obviously, it's nonsense. I don't have anything against github changing the names if they desire to, but I wish we called the argument behind it exactly for what it is - nonsense.

type0 6y ago
Yeah right, no should ever get an occupation because of their Master's degree
acephal 6y ago
Poland?
- gambiting 6y ago
  Bingo - there's even an old joke: A German tourist drives through the Polish border, the guard asks "name?" Helmut "married?" Yes, two kids "occupation?" No no, just visiting

oblio 6y ago

> In my case, I feel offended when anyone brings up things like that. Please stop posting this kind of comments. I don't mean to offend anyone, I just have to point this out: I'm Romanian. Considering how much worse, overall, our history was compared to yours (since I noticed you're Polish), I'm not sure you get to play the "I'm offended" card against me.

type0 6y ago
I was only trying to highlight that this slippery slope you talked about do exist and happens all over the Internet, and no I'm not Polish. Whether one would be really offended or just pretend to be is not the issue but mindless word policing is never for the benefit of discourse.