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I read his usage of "fuck/ing" as a literary style considering the context and name of the repo. If the amount of swearing here was from commit messages in an u

by lowboy 14y ago

I read his usage of "fuck/ing" as a literary style considering the context and name of the repo. If the amount of swearing here was from commit messages in an unrelated project, then yes, that would be excessive and the author should invest in a thesaurus. An aside: why do you use "f-bomb" instead of "fuck" when talking about "fuck"? It's not like we don't automatically fill it in when we hear it. See Louis CK's rant about this (nsfw language): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zuLrBLxbLxw#t=124s http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v...

sheraz 14y ago
Again, that is hardly literary. If you want literary use of "fucking" (there, I said it), then I would invite you and the repo owner to read "The Elements of Fucking Style" by Chris Baker and Jacob Hansen [1]. Maybe then you both would understand how to use the word. Lastly, to help the situation I've decided to offer a helping hand to fix this problem, a pull request[2]! Does anyone know if you can rename a repo with a pull request? [1] - http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-cking-Style-Helpful/dp/031258377X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362267378&sr=8-1&keywords=the+elements+of+fucking+style http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-cking-Style-Helpful/dp/03... [2] - https://github.com/undernewmanagement/heroku-fucking-console/commit/e1163e4bb813fa2df73360eccf6450697516888c https://github.com/undernewmanagement/heroku-fucking-console... Edit: added a fixing pull request
- lowboy 14y ago
  Maybe literary was the wrong word for me to use, but I get the sense that it is a purposeful use of the word for stylistic purposes, and that Tim Pope isn't leaning on it as a crutch. I feel like you're treating your prescriptivism of how the English language should be used as more objective than it really is.

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I read his usage of "fuck/ing" as a literary style considering the context and name of the repo. If the amount of swearing here was from commit messages in an u

by lowboy 14y ago

sheraz 14y ago
Again, that is hardly literary. If you want literary use of "fucking" (there, I said it), then I would invite you and the repo owner to read "The Elements of Fucking Style" by Chris Baker and Jacob Hansen [1]. Maybe then you both would understand how to use the word. Lastly, to help the situation I've decided to offer a helping hand to fix this problem, a pull request[2]! Does anyone know if you can rename a repo with a pull request? [1] - http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-cking-Style-Helpful/dp/031258377X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1362267378&sr=8-1&keywords=the+elements+of+fucking+style http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-cking-Style-Helpful/dp/03... [2] - https://github.com/undernewmanagement/heroku-fucking-console/commit/e1163e4bb813fa2df73360eccf6450697516888c https://github.com/undernewmanagement/heroku-fucking-console... Edit: added a fixing pull request
- lowboy 14y ago
  Maybe literary was the wrong word for me to use, but I get the sense that it is a purposeful use of the word for stylistic purposes, and that Tim Pope isn't leaning on it as a crutch. I feel like you're treating your prescriptivism of how the English language should be used as more objective than it really is.