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What are the now acceptable alternatives for "senior citizen" and "dummy variable"? For myself, I welcome senior discounts wherever I can get them and use plent
by wrp 5y ago
What are the now acceptable alternatives for "senior citizen" and "dummy variable"? For myself, I welcome senior discounts wherever I can get them and use plenty of i / j / k in code.
- josephcsible 5y agohttps://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation says to use "older adults" or "aging population", and "placeholder", respectively.
- NoPie 5y agoWhich is so funny because in Latvian the recent trend is to avoid using older person because it sounds ageist and disrespectful and replace it with senior citizens which sounds more dignified.
- thiht 5y agoWay to go. « older adults » can refer to just anybody depending on who you are. I’m 28, people being 32 are « older adults » to me. Same goes with « aging population », wtf is a non aging population?