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I think "Friendly" was/is popular explanation where devs tried to translate their subculture into something generally digestible.
by klibertp 3y ago
I think "Friendly" was/is popular explanation where devs tried to translate their subculture into something generally digestible.
- evilduck 3y agoDigestible maybe, but swapping "friendly" in for "fucking" changes the tone and intent of someone's statement. At least "freaking" expresses similar, if muted, exclamation. A recipient who is being not-so-subtly reproached with an F-bomb acronym might misunderstand what is being implied.
- hinkley 3y agoBut when the person asking was management, and asking for the tenth time, there was a decided advantage to changing the tone. All of that is now wrapped up in the initialism.