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I think the problem is likely stigmatizing sex workers as less desirable which is sort of narrow-minded and perhaps dehumanizing. There's a large imposition of

I think the problem is likely stigmatizing sex workers as less desirable which is sort of narrow-minded and perhaps dehumanizing. There's a large imposition of morality that isn't necessarily shared by everyone.

novocantico 4y ago
You're all overthinking it. I just don't like to hear about sex when I'm writing software. Is that so hard to imagine?
- QuikAccount 4y ago
  Is it hard to imagine that a single sentence in the installer about sex offends you so much that you refuse to use the software? Yeah that's kinda hard for me to imagine.
  - omegaham 4y ago
    In a world of many, many alternatives, I feel like someone's preferences can be as arbitrary as they want them to be. It's less a statement about the magnitude of the offense and more of a statement of "I have all of these options. Why would I pick one that annoys me, even slightly?" To use a hypothetical example - a cereal company puts some tasteless comment in an unobtrusive corner of the box. You don't have to look at it if you don't want to - you can turn the box, or put the cereal into another container, or just not read the box that closely. But why would you want to when there are 45 other brands of cereal on the supermarket shelf?
- throwaway675309 4y ago
  It's in the installer not the splash screen for christ sake. You'll see it a grand total of one time, maybe have a more easygoing friend install it for you?
  - novocantico 4y ago
    I aim to be pragmatic and principled.
    - unmole 4y ago
      What exactly is the principle at play here?
    - jhgb 4y ago
      "Principled" is a rather neutral designation. All it means you have strict rules. As to whether those rules are at all useful is not included in that designation.
  - babypuncher 4y ago
    The funny part is, he's already seen it and been offended. Cancelling the installation and deleting it is not preventing any future offense.
Etherlord87 4y ago
I don't think that's what is being said here. Sex is better when it's free, because then it's likely enriched with some kind of emotional bond (even if not love), whereas in case of paid sex you're just getting a service. Regardless of what the N++ developer(s) think, the statement doesn't criticize prostitution.
- 93po 4y ago
  Your statement is valuing one form of sex over another. The point is that value isn't held by everyone, and asserting it as fact is diminishing someone else's entirely legitimate perspective. Conversation is pointless as OP has now responded saying he simply doesn't like hearing about sex.
  - Etherlord87 4y ago
    Yes, I shared my opinion, I'm aware it was subjective. If sharing one's opinion is diminishing someone's perspective and that's bad, then why did you just do the same? On a similar matter, if conversation is pointless, why did you bother to write your message? :D

novocantico 4y ago

You're all overthinking it. I just don't like to hear about sex when I'm writing software. Is that so hard to imagine?

QuikAccount 4y ago
Is it hard to imagine that a single sentence in the installer about sex offends you so much that you refuse to use the software? Yeah that's kinda hard for me to imagine.
- omegaham 4y ago
  In a world of many, many alternatives, I feel like someone's preferences can be as arbitrary as they want them to be. It's less a statement about the magnitude of the offense and more of a statement of "I have all of these options. Why would I pick one that annoys me, even slightly?" To use a hypothetical example - a cereal company puts some tasteless comment in an unobtrusive corner of the box. You don't have to look at it if you don't want to - you can turn the box, or put the cereal into another container, or just not read the box that closely. But why would you want to when there are 45 other brands of cereal on the supermarket shelf?
throwaway675309 4y ago
It's in the installer not the splash screen for christ sake. You'll see it a grand total of one time, maybe have a more easygoing friend install it for you?
- novocantico 4y ago
  I aim to be pragmatic and principled.
  - unmole 4y ago
    What exactly is the principle at play here?
  - jhgb 4y ago
    "Principled" is a rather neutral designation. All it means you have strict rules. As to whether those rules are at all useful is not included in that designation.
- babypuncher 4y ago
  The funny part is, he's already seen it and been offended. Cancelling the installation and deleting it is not preventing any future offense.

Etherlord87 4y ago

I don't think that's what is being said here. Sex is better when it's free, because then it's likely enriched with some kind of emotional bond (even if not love), whereas in case of paid sex you're just getting a service. Regardless of what the N++ developer(s) think, the statement doesn't criticize prostitution.

93po 4y ago
Your statement is valuing one form of sex over another. The point is that value isn't held by everyone, and asserting it as fact is diminishing someone else's entirely legitimate perspective. Conversation is pointless as OP has now responded saying he simply doesn't like hearing about sex.
- Etherlord87 4y ago
  Yes, I shared my opinion, I'm aware it was subjective. If sharing one's opinion is diminishing someone's perspective and that's bad, then why did you just do the same? On a similar matter, if conversation is pointless, why did you bother to write your message? :D