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At least they don’t have Guido in it… yet. I have major problems signing up for services these days. There’s some list out there that programmers use that says
by guidoism 3y ago
At least they don’t have Guido in it… yet. I have major problems signing up for services these days. There’s some list out there that programmers use that says that my name is a slur.
- _fat_santa 3y agoThe name was so popular in Italy it ended up becoming a “slur” (though personally the only time I’ve ever heard someone called Guido is when that was their name). I wonder if that will ever happen with other languages and their common names, I’m Russian so I immediately think of “Sergey” as one of our ultra common names.
- FroshKiller 3y agoIt's not a slur exactly, but in the United States, "Ivan" is a common name used to refer (usually dismissively) to Russians.
- Name_Chawps 3y agoI've heard the same thing happen with Mohammed
- DrThunder 3y agoIt is a slur. Italians just don't really care that much though so it loses most of its power. WOP is another one, but again it's gets laughed off for the most part. I always find it strange how some slurs get clung to like people don't want them to go away.
- jaywalk 3y agoSome slurs have large organizations behind them telling people they need to be mad. Others don't, and people end up not caring. My background is split 50/50 and both of them have common slurs associated with them. Nobody in my family cares cares, including me.
- floomk 3y agoIt's actually just a name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido
- DrThunder 3y agoYou might want to actually read that wikipedia post..... "The slang term Guido is used in American culture to refer derogatorily to an urban working-class Italian or Italian-American male who is overly aggressive or macho with a tendency for certain conspicuous behavior.[3] It may also be used as a more general ethnic slur for working-class urban Italian Americans.[4]"
- floomk 3y agoI'm not American and I know plenty of Guidos. It's just a name, and banning people named that is incredibly discriminatory.
- DrThunder 3y agoOkay? Strawman much? I'm not arguing that anyone do anything about it. I'm just telling you objectively what it is. The Wikipedia article YOU cited disagrees with you...
- guidoism 3y agoI feel the same. Am I supposed to legally change my name so I can continue to sign up for stuff on the internet?