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I think I lost it when they suggested we stop using the term 'sanity check' or 'sane defaults' because they might offend, well, brain damaged people. I am clos

I think I lost it when they suggested we stop using the term 'sanity check' or 'sane defaults' because they might offend, well, brain damaged people. I am close to writing a browser extension that does a find and replace to reverse change these imposed, humourless, coddled changes.

dmitrygr 2y ago
> I am close to writing a browser extension that does a find and replace to reverse change these imposed, humourless, coddled changes. I will be your first paying customer
cdchn 2y ago
How dare people attempt to be more empathetic towards others.
- HeckFeck 2y ago
  It's certainly about a feeling, and I think superiority has more to do with it than 'empathy'. This much is clear with the aggression, bullying and moral grandstanding that's usually behind the language police. I empathise with myself first, and will use what ever word feels right in the situation. I'd rather speak my mind than please everyone. That's sanity for me and for many others.
  - cdchn 2y ago
    "I only care about myself and do what I want." Thats just being shitty, for you and many others.
    - HeckFeck 2y ago
      Holy false dilemma, Batman! If that's your reading from what I said, you really can't be helped.
      - cdchn 2y ago
        Your exact words are "I empathise with myself first, and will use what ever word feels right in the situation."
        HeckFeck 2y ago
        Empathising with others and yourself isn't mutually exclusive. What's hard to grasp with that? > I empathise with myself first and will use what ever word feels right in the situation And you're doing the same right now. Isn't your use of the word 'selfish' in the thread 'hurtful', and therefore not empathetic to me? By chiding me aren't you empathising with yourself more, and wishing that I would defer to your feelings instead of my own? The difference between you and I is I don't claim that a virtue is supreme and then immediately enact its opposite, which is really what makes this drive for 'inclusive language' and 'empathy' so repugnant to me.
        cdchn 2y ago
        Empathy and calling out people's self-declared self-centered behavior are, as you say, not mutually exclusive.
        HeckFeck 2y ago
        After I've patiently explained it to you, you really think that you aren't exhibiting the same behaviour? In a much more worse way because it comes in seemly guise?

dmitrygr 2y ago

> I am close to writing a browser extension that does a find and replace to reverse change these imposed, humourless, coddled changes. I will be your first paying customer

cdchn 2y ago

How dare people attempt to be more empathetic towards others.

HeckFeck 2y ago
It's certainly about a feeling, and I think superiority has more to do with it than 'empathy'. This much is clear with the aggression, bullying and moral grandstanding that's usually behind the language police. I empathise with myself first, and will use what ever word feels right in the situation. I'd rather speak my mind than please everyone. That's sanity for me and for many others.
- cdchn 2y ago
  "I only care about myself and do what I want." Thats just being shitty, for you and many others.
  - HeckFeck 2y ago
    Holy false dilemma, Batman! If that's your reading from what I said, you really can't be helped.
    - cdchn 2y ago
      Your exact words are "I empathise with myself first, and will use what ever word feels right in the situation."
      - HeckFeck 2y ago
        Empathising with others and yourself isn't mutually exclusive. What's hard to grasp with that? > I empathise with myself first and will use what ever word feels right in the situation And you're doing the same right now. Isn't your use of the word 'selfish' in the thread 'hurtful', and therefore not empathetic to me? By chiding me aren't you empathising with yourself more, and wishing that I would defer to your feelings instead of my own? The difference between you and I is I don't claim that a virtue is supreme and then immediately enact its opposite, which is really what makes this drive for 'inclusive language' and 'empathy' so repugnant to me.
        cdchn 2y ago
        Empathy and calling out people's self-declared self-centered behavior are, as you say, not mutually exclusive.
        HeckFeck 2y ago
        After I've patiently explained it to you, you really think that you aren't exhibiting the same behaviour? In a much more worse way because it comes in seemly guise?