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I choose not to use the term “gypped” in technical contexts even though I live in the US. I wouldn’t use “genocide” to describe a technical concept even though

I choose not to use the term “gypped” in technical contexts even though I live in the US. I wouldn’t use “genocide” to describe a technical concept even though it’s been over a century since the US has taken part in one. Why not error on the side of decency?

klibertp 5y ago
Sure, why not? If you name the default branch of your repository "main", I will happily submit PRs against it. I won't be doing that in my repos any time soon though, thank you very much. Why? Because that would suggest that I have a reason to do that, while I don't. It's your cross to carry, not mine. I have my own set of words that I need to be careful with if I want to err on the side of decency. You almost assuredly use some of them as if there was nothing offensive about them. To you, there isn't. I accept that. I'd be grateful if you reciprocated, instead of trying to impose your own cultural norms on me, thank you in advance.
- rybosome 5y ago
  What are some examples of these words? I’d like to know for my own edification, this is not a challenge. If you actually want to be decent, then that means taking global perspectives into account if your communication is to a global audience. If I posted a tweet saying that my company is looking for “refugees from big tech”, that would be insensitive even though there aren’t refugees fleeing the US. Saying that the issue of refugees is not sensitive in my local cultural scope is not an excuse if the audience for my communication was larger than that.
  - knighthack 5y ago
    I don't even know how the phrase "refugees from big tech" could be offensive or insensitive. It isn't at all. Given the burnout rate and the pace of the tech world, it's an apt (and even meaningful) description of the state of working in that industry. To presume/take offence at every single word is absolutely silly.

klibertp 5y ago

Sure, why not? If you name the default branch of your repository "main", I will happily submit PRs against it. I won't be doing that in my repos any time soon though, thank you very much. Why? Because that would suggest that I have a reason to do that, while I don't. It's your cross to carry, not mine. I have my own set of words that I need to be careful with if I want to err on the side of decency. You almost assuredly use some of them as if there was nothing offensive about them. To you, there isn't. I accept that. I'd be grateful if you reciprocated, instead of trying to impose your own cultural norms on me, thank you in advance.

rybosome 5y ago
What are some examples of these words? I’d like to know for my own edification, this is not a challenge. If you actually want to be decent, then that means taking global perspectives into account if your communication is to a global audience. If I posted a tweet saying that my company is looking for “refugees from big tech”, that would be insensitive even though there aren’t refugees fleeing the US. Saying that the issue of refugees is not sensitive in my local cultural scope is not an excuse if the audience for my communication was larger than that.
- knighthack 5y ago
  I don't even know how the phrase "refugees from big tech" could be offensive or insensitive. It isn't at all. Given the burnout rate and the pace of the tech world, it's an apt (and even meaningful) description of the state of working in that industry. To presume/take offence at every single word is absolutely silly.