> Does changing my git branch naming practice harm me? No. Does it encourage me to be more thoughtful about how I use language in general, even if that particul

> Does changing my git branch naming practice harm me? No. Does it encourage me to be more thoughtful about how I use language in general, even if that particular case probably doesn’t really matter? Yes. I see that as an absolute win. And that's how it's done: by inverting the rules of evidence from "prove that it's harmful" to "prove that it's not harmful" - usually followed on with something to the effect of "It's just a small adjustment... Why are you so adamantly against it? Are you one of those bad intolerant people?" It's insidious because people are afraid of being on the wrong side of things socially, which makes them easy to manipulate in this way. But there are those of us who will stand up and say "No. The line stays where it's at until you can prove your claim with strong evidence." > Why is it bad that people try to be virtuous, and why do you think that wanting to be virtuous implies a desire for status? And there you go again putting words in my mouth, twisting things just so, in order to push me into an untenable position.