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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 5y 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 5y 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 5y 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 5y ago
    I aim to be pragmatic and principled.
    • unmole 5y ago
      What exactly is the principle at play here?
    • jhgb 5y 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 5y 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.