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Yes, seriously. It's just a word, like "sis" or "gal" or "the", and has no inherent negative or positive connotations. Somebody has invented drama around this
by Zikes 12y ago
Yes, seriously. It's just a word, like "sis" or "gal" or "the", and has no inherent negative or positive connotations.
Somebody has invented drama around this word, some other people have bought into it, and now more people are just trying to stir it up again because Hacker News has somehow gone a whole two days without senseless bickering.
- gohrt 12y ago> has no inherent negative or positive connotations. That's not how 'connotation' works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation