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"Content warning: This blog post references domestic abuse and violence but doesn’t go into specific detail. I’m not an expert in that topic at all, so I may n
by Daz1 2y ago
"Content warning: This blog post references domestic abuse and violence but doesn’t go into specific detail.
I’m not an expert in that topic at all, so I may not use the preferred terminology in all instances. Sorry."
What the hell is this?
- BostonFern 2y agoRead the blog's "about" page.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoFor reference: > I'm an agender (I use it/its pronouns), asexual, alterhuman robot. I'm also a shapeshifting critter on the internet. This person has absorbed the idea that it's a sin to use natural language to talk about normal phenomena, and the idea that it isn't possible to know what kind of language wouldn't be sinful, but not the idea that maybe that isn't a desirable state of affairs.
- frereubu 2y agoI guess this is probably a rhetorical question. But if you've been a victim of domestic abuse you may not want to read about it when you think you're just reading about a gov.uk web component, particularly if the abuse was recent and you're still traumatised by it. The author is just trying to be sensitive to that. The language apology-in-advance does feel a bit like overkill though. I'd suggest a generous interpretation is that, given how things often work these days, they don't want people to get caught up in discussions about terminology and just want to focus on the tech.
- rsynnott 2y agoEver watched TV? "The following programme contains depictions of [whatever]" Some people, particularly people who've suffered domestic abuse, may not wish to be blindsided by a discussion of it when they think they're reading a technical blog.