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The library names are unnecessarily sexual -- "Hardon Collider", "AnAL", "LUBE", "Polygamy"...

richardjordan 14y ago
That's disappointing. Thanks for the heads up. I never understand quite why some in the programming community don't appreciate how exclusionary their childish or sexist/sexually inappropriate behavior is.
- rmrfrmrf 14y ago
  "It's just a joke." "Why should I have to censor myself for anyone?" "It's a free country." "I'm so tired of this politically correct society we live in." "I'm a woman and I love dick jokes!" And so on.
  - benjamincburns 14y ago
    Most videogames are written by young guys with lots of programming experience, but little marketing experience. I'd guess they often try to use the code in these sorts of things to market to what they think is their intended audience. And I bet to some degree it works: "Heh - it's called Hardon Collider - I should show my friends how funny this is!" I'd wager that they think the group of people who will find this funny and share it is larger than the group of people who will find this obnoxious and avoid it. "And who cares about those uptight assholes, anyway?" In the end it becomes a very sad, tight feedback loop for these kinds of weird sexism.
- pervycreeper 14y ago
  >exclusionary Online communities with a significant number of very young people tend not to be the healthiest ones.
gngeal 14y ago
What library names? I've never noticed that in LÖVE's docs.
- astrieanna 14y ago
  If you click through the Wiki to Libraries, there's a list of them here: https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Category:Libraries https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Category:Libraries The examples Scaevolus lists are all in there.
  - gngeal 14y ago
    Ah, interesting. And quite punny, given the foundations! But I don't think it's like anyone forces you to use the libs. I'd probably "go to the bedrock" (like the author of FOX Toolkit did) anyway if I had to write something on top of LÖVE. It's much more fun that way!

That's disappointing. Thanks for the heads up. I never understand quite why some in the programming community don't appreciate how exclusionary their childish or sexist/sexually inappropriate behavior is.

rmrfrmrf 14y ago
"It's just a joke." "Why should I have to censor myself for anyone?" "It's a free country." "I'm so tired of this politically correct society we live in." "I'm a woman and I love dick jokes!" And so on.
- benjamincburns 14y ago
  Most videogames are written by young guys with lots of programming experience, but little marketing experience. I'd guess they often try to use the code in these sorts of things to market to what they think is their intended audience. And I bet to some degree it works: "Heh - it's called Hardon Collider - I should show my friends how funny this is!" I'd wager that they think the group of people who will find this funny and share it is larger than the group of people who will find this obnoxious and avoid it. "And who cares about those uptight assholes, anyway?" In the end it becomes a very sad, tight feedback loop for these kinds of weird sexism.
pervycreeper 14y ago
>exclusionary Online communities with a significant number of very young people tend not to be the healthiest ones.

gngeal 14y ago

What library names? I've never noticed that in LÖVE's docs.

astrieanna 14y ago
If you click through the Wiki to Libraries, there's a list of them here: https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Category:Libraries https://www.love2d.org/wiki/Category:Libraries The examples Scaevolus lists are all in there.
- gngeal 14y ago
  Ah, interesting. And quite punny, given the foundations! But I don't think it's like anyone forces you to use the libs. I'd probably "go to the bedrock" (like the author of FOX Toolkit did) anyway if I had to write something on top of LÖVE. It's much more fun that way!