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Really? That's a perfectly reasonable change, that you object to. It's okay for a project to be more welcoming to women. Let's not forget women are underreprese

• anon-3988 3y ago
  Yes, it does help women to get into science or programming to have an inclusive terminology (i have no evidence to back this up). But consider this, how much good does this actually do versus the time and effort it takes to make it? If I am drinking Coke every day, does it matter if I spend time deciding if I should shake the Coke first to release the gas which presumably is more healthy? Isn't the more important issue here is that I am drinking Coke in the first place? Similarly, there are way, way more important issue in this area that this kind of useless activity is actively undermining the cause. There is an opportunity cost here; to everything. Human attention is not limitless, I can only care about as many topics/subjects that I am biologically capable of. If I am discussing or wasting my time writing this comment, I could be doing something else.
  • Mikhail_K 3y ago
    "Yes, it does help women to get into science or programming to have an inclusive terminology (i have no evidence to back this up)." Noone does.
  • ChrisSD 3y ago
    Personally I think what people do in their free time is up to them, so long as it isn't hurting anyone. I don't think it's right for you to police that.
  • orra 3y ago
    > how much good does this actually do versus the time and effort it takes to make it? It was a few lines of text. GP has spent more time complaining about the change, than the effort to make the change.
• blq10 3y ago
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