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> don't know how you could see "mongoDB" and not think it is tech I disagree with the author in that I would be comfortable wearing a mongodb shirt in public.
by matsemann 3y ago
> don't know how you could see "mongoDB" and not think it is tech
I disagree with the author in that I would be comfortable wearing a mongodb shirt in public. Mongoloid is a slur, and at least in Norway it's often shortened to "mongo".
- stvltvs 3y agoInteresting, in the States, that term is no longer used very much and was never shortened AFAIK.
- selimthegrim 3y agoI’m pretty sure it was shortened, but as a name for a character
- jjgreen 3y agoIn "Blazing Saddles" ...
- jjgreen 3y agoIs that a racial slur (i.e., Asian), or about Down syndrome? The latter was used in the UK many years ago, I've not heard it for 25 years (?), so "mongo" wouldn't raise an eyebrow here now.
- vladvasiliu 3y agoIn France, that would be related to Down syndrome. Technically, in these parts it would be "mongol", with an l, like the people of Mongolia. AFAICT it's not exactly used against people with actual Down syndrome, but rather as a synonym for "idiot" and the like.
- matsemann 3y agoIt's kinda both. Mongoloid here used to refer to people with Downs, by comparing them to the (non existent) Asian race of Mongoloids due to both often having eyes with epicanthic fold. Of course I didn't know this when using it as a kid back in the days, and I've luckily not heard it used for ages, but I think all of my peers would remember it if used on a t-shirt.
- icelancer 3y agoI wouldn't be comfortable wearing a MongoDB shirt in public either. I mean, it's awful technology.