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I'm guessing they came up with the wordplay before the invasion, and then regretted it because the reference suddenly stopped being purely historical. And I ge
by debugnik 2y ago
I'm guessing they came up with the wordplay before the invasion, and then regretted it because the reference suddenly stopped being purely historical.
And I get it, I've been phasing out this username, which I picked with bad timing, to avoid unintended connotations, even though I was simply thinking of Robotnik and not anything russian. I've got nothing to do with their language, so it just isn't worth it.
- kgeist 2y ago-nik is a suffix which exists in all Slavic languages, including Ukrainian. Nothing specifically Russian about it.
- andrewflnr 2y agoAnd even if it was, poking gentle fun at a Russian suffix would not be an endorsement of the invasion.
- debugnik 2y agoI, personally, am aware, but I'm not so sure everyone who will read my username knows that, and there's enough war-related shilling around (and suspicion thereof) that the pun simply isn't worth it.
- chuckadams 2y agoYeesh, avoiding obvious Russian-isms is one thing, but a common suffix? I say Nyet! Anyone triggered by that isn’t worth accommodating.