I like Rust the language, and i have found most people in the community to be smart and reasonable. But i also find "Rustaceans" to be rather cringe. I don't th

I like Rust the language, and i have found most people in the community to be smart and reasonable. But i also find "Rustaceans" to be rather cringe. I don't think it's specific to Rust; i think this need to form a visible community identity, a brand really, is very common in Silicon Valley culture. Hence why most startups there have cutesy names for employees, people go round sticking logos of software they use on their laptops, etc. The crab is cool though. As language mascots go, it's a lot more adorable than the Gopher or that LISP alien thing, and almost as adorable as Bjarne Stroustrup.