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> That's what happens when a group of hyper-politicized people Well, maybe you work on undisciplined repositories or technical mailing lists, but most of us do

> That's what happens when a group of hyper-politicized people Well, maybe you work on undisciplined repositories or technical mailing lists, but most of us do not want to read people's jokes, funny, offensive, or not, when we are on a technical forum. It's really patronizing to say, "Oh, those primitive foreigners, we have to excuse them for posting offensive jokes on a technical forum."

Zababa 5y ago
> It's really patronizing to say, "Oh, those primitive foreigners, we have to excuse them for posting offensive jokes on a technical forum." That's patronizing because you're thinking of them as "primitive foreigners that posts offensive jokes", while you could think of them as "different people in a different culture that may not share every values with you". I don't understand why Americans are so afraid of swear words and jokes, but I don't think they are primitive or stupid or too uptight for it, they are just different. Just look at how judging you are: "undisciplind repositories or technical mailing lists". Repositories are undisciplined because there are offensive jokes? Aren't repositories about code? "most of us do not want to read people's jokes, funny, offensive, or not, when we are on a technical forum": who is "us" here? People from the USA? You and an imaginary group of people? The whole world? I certainly don't mind a good joke, and I like some humor that can be considered too much in US culture. Don't just assume that you're in the right and in the position to judge people.
- gwagon 5y ago
  As a U.S. citizen, I do not endorse these people and approve of jokes. God forbid someone gets a chuckle once in awhile. Let's call this problem what it really is. It's not the USA in general. It's leftist/politically correct politics in the west (primarily US and Canada though Euros have their share of it too) that get brought into everything. Outside of the internet and media, I only know a handful of people that endorse this crap. And isn't the person that proposed this change not even a programmer? I looked and his (hope i dont misgender) github and didnt see a single original repo. If that's the case this is another problem of HR types that have nothing to do with the field pushing their crap.
- hammyhavoc 5y ago
  Anecdotal, but all of the North Americans I've ever worked with, and am related to, swear far more than any Brit I've ever met. Perhaps it is a generational thing? I can say that as a teen, the amount I swore ruffled feathers daily in the UK. In that same breath, I suppose foul-mouthed kids do tend to shock.

Zababa 5y ago

> It's really patronizing to say, "Oh, those primitive foreigners, we have to excuse them for posting offensive jokes on a technical forum." That's patronizing because you're thinking of them as "primitive foreigners that posts offensive jokes", while you could think of them as "different people in a different culture that may not share every values with you". I don't understand why Americans are so afraid of swear words and jokes, but I don't think they are primitive or stupid or too uptight for it, they are just different. Just look at how judging you are: "undisciplind repositories or technical mailing lists". Repositories are undisciplined because there are offensive jokes? Aren't repositories about code? "most of us do not want to read people's jokes, funny, offensive, or not, when we are on a technical forum": who is "us" here? People from the USA? You and an imaginary group of people? The whole world? I certainly don't mind a good joke, and I like some humor that can be considered too much in US culture. Don't just assume that you're in the right and in the position to judge people.

gwagon 5y ago
As a U.S. citizen, I do not endorse these people and approve of jokes. God forbid someone gets a chuckle once in awhile. Let's call this problem what it really is. It's not the USA in general. It's leftist/politically correct politics in the west (primarily US and Canada though Euros have their share of it too) that get brought into everything. Outside of the internet and media, I only know a handful of people that endorse this crap. And isn't the person that proposed this change not even a programmer? I looked and his (hope i dont misgender) github and didnt see a single original repo. If that's the case this is another problem of HR types that have nothing to do with the field pushing their crap.
hammyhavoc 5y ago
Anecdotal, but all of the North Americans I've ever worked with, and am related to, swear far more than any Brit I've ever met. Perhaps it is a generational thing? I can say that as a teen, the amount I swore ruffled feathers daily in the UK. In that same breath, I suppose foul-mouthed kids do tend to shock.