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Yes, it's pretty surprising that MongoDB has gotten by without change when even "master repository" had to go. What's seen as offensive online is very US-centri

Yes, it's pretty surprising that MongoDB has gotten by without change when even "master repository" had to go. What's seen as offensive online is very US-centric, I knew that, but I didn't know mongo wasn't a well-known slur in the US. People with Down's syndrome used to be called "mongoloids" because they were thought to have Asian-looking eyes (epicanthic folds), so calling someone "mongo" or "mong" is basically an extra racist way of calling someone mentally retarded.

kayodelycaon 5y ago
Even as a sheltered American, I know “mongoloid” is not “politically correct”. Having an important ruby library by the same name makes me uncomfortable.
- mbg721 5y ago
  Is this "niggardly" all over again? At some point we're going to run out of inoffensive syllables.
  - rosndo 5y ago
    How is this even a little bit similar to “niggardly”?
gkbrk 5y ago
> "master repository" had to go. It had to go? Certainly not gone from git itself, Github or most other Git hosting services. If someone creates a bug report on your project about virtue-signalling word changes and you give it credibility, it doesn't mean the original word went away from the lexicon.
- vintermann 5y ago
  Pretty sure main is the default on the hosting services, if you create the project there first.
ChoGGi 5y ago
Candygram for Mongo?