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I suppose I'm becoming old and grumpy but I'm with the one guy who "requested changes". Go outside. What a waste of people's time just because you can't read tw

I suppose I'm becoming old and grumpy but I'm with the one guy who "requested changes". Go outside. What a waste of people's time just because you can't read two words without thinking about a video game.

notJim 6y ago
Eh, they did the work to change it, the diff is pretty inconsequential and it seems like enough people empathize/sympathize.
smoldesu 6y ago
This is a form of "programmer humor", something you're probably familiar with if you're a grumpy old programmer. I think it's a good sign that a new generation of devs also have a decent sense of humor, but I guess it's all subjective.
corndoge 6y ago
It is a joke
- kwdc 6y ago
  Careful! The bots don't understand humor. Might need a captcha in front.
ASalazarMX 6y ago
This game became a feature of this lockdown, it's understandable if you don't appreciate the humor, which isn't good to start with. I would have left it there, though, as a token of these times. Edit: checked the history, the text was there 4 years ago, while Among Us is from 2018, so this wasn't a reference, just a coincidence.
tester756 6y ago
Well, when not that long time ago somebody decided for us that we have to/should use main instead of master, then this argument wasn't accepted >What a waste of people's time just because you can't read two words without thinking about a :).
- Ar-Curunir 6y ago
  “among us” doesn’t evoke a context of terrible crimes against millions of people
  - salawat 6y ago
    Neither does "master" in reference to content versioning or electronics. Not that that stopped anyone from getting huffy about it.
    - Ar-Curunir 6y ago
      er master combined with slave sure does, and that's the origin in tech.
      - tester756 6y ago
        I think it's ok to remind that this problem probably had no place in non-native english speakers minds. Using "master/slave" didn't create any connections to crimes 'n' similar - those were completely neutral terms until this show started.
        Ar-Curunir 6y ago
        Er because slavery is a fine practice outside the antebellum south? Are you seriously arguing that other kinds of slavery are not problematic?
      - salawat 6y ago
        Origin in tech is electronics. Master/slave has seen quite a good history of use due to the relationship the master switch has to downstream elements. It's state, determines the state of those that follow. Downstream elements are 'slaved' to the "master's" state, which is a valid, ahistorical description that's been around since my grandparent's time at least. The fact there are folks who can't seperate their own discomfort with certain aspects of American history from technical contexts is not the fields' or practitioners problem.
0x003 6y ago
Some people are allergic to humor ;)
- vsareto 6y ago
  There's a little bit of humerus inside of every among us guy
notapenny 6y ago
Ok, I concede. I was being a grouch yesterday :D

notJim 6y ago

Eh, they did the work to change it, the diff is pretty inconsequential and it seems like enough people empathize/sympathize.

smoldesu 6y ago

This is a form of "programmer humor", something you're probably familiar with if you're a grumpy old programmer. I think it's a good sign that a new generation of devs also have a decent sense of humor, but I guess it's all subjective.

corndoge 6y ago

It is a joke

kwdc 6y ago
Careful! The bots don't understand humor. Might need a captcha in front.

ASalazarMX 6y ago

This game became a feature of this lockdown, it's understandable if you don't appreciate the humor, which isn't good to start with. I would have left it there, though, as a token of these times. Edit: checked the history, the text was there 4 years ago, while Among Us is from 2018, so this wasn't a reference, just a coincidence.

tester756 6y ago

Well, when not that long time ago somebody decided for us that we have to/should use main instead of master, then this argument wasn't accepted >What a waste of people's time just because you can't read two words without thinking about a :).

Ar-Curunir 6y ago
“among us” doesn’t evoke a context of terrible crimes against millions of people
- salawat 6y ago
  Neither does "master" in reference to content versioning or electronics. Not that that stopped anyone from getting huffy about it.
  - Ar-Curunir 6y ago
    er master combined with slave sure does, and that's the origin in tech.
    - tester756 6y ago
      I think it's ok to remind that this problem probably had no place in non-native english speakers minds. Using "master/slave" didn't create any connections to crimes 'n' similar - those were completely neutral terms until this show started.
      - Ar-Curunir 6y ago
        Er because slavery is a fine practice outside the antebellum south? Are you seriously arguing that other kinds of slavery are not problematic?
    - salawat 6y ago
      Origin in tech is electronics. Master/slave has seen quite a good history of use due to the relationship the master switch has to downstream elements. It's state, determines the state of those that follow. Downstream elements are 'slaved' to the "master's" state, which is a valid, ahistorical description that's been around since my grandparent's time at least. The fact there are folks who can't seperate their own discomfort with certain aspects of American history from technical contexts is not the fields' or practitioners problem.

0x003 6y ago

Some people are allergic to humor ;)

vsareto 6y ago
There's a little bit of humerus inside of every among us guy

notapenny 6y ago

Ok, I concede. I was being a grouch yesterday :D