Bro pages: like man pages, but with examples only

Post by joyeuse6701 » Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 7:48 PM UTC

IbJacked wrote: post #210

joyeuse6701 wrote: post #62

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It's a play on words. This oversensitive, over analytical take on sexuality is getting old. What would you have preferred, the hu-man pages? But that would be exclusionary to people in the industry who don't consider themselves human! What next, are you going to suggest that parents name their children gender neutral names so they don't have to chaff at it if they change gender? You can infer everything, from anythin…

I agree with you. People are imparting their own interpretation of the word. When I skimmed the web site, I didn't notice anything relating to the whole "brogrammer" thing. Just because it starts with the same three letters doesn't mean anything. As already stated in many other comments, "bro" is also, and more commonly, used as a substitute for other colloquial words such as "man", "dude", "guys", and is frequently…

Post by vezzy-fnord » Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC

untog wrote: post #212

vezzy-fnord wrote: post #203

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Yet I'm sure you've used the libmp3lame encoder all the time. The point here is to illustrate that none of this is offensive . But rather, it's being creative with language.

But you completely missed his point. Just because the industry used to use misogynistic terms is not a good reason for it to continue to do so.

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 7:49 PM UTC

pbreit wrote: post #6

darbelo wrote: post #5

Here's a nickel kid, go buy an operating system with decent man pages.

Any suggestions?

Post by nknighthb » Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 7:50 PM UTC

overgard wrote: post #216

blahedo wrote: post #99

Great idea; shame about the name. Here's the problem with using words like "bro" (however jokingly): the problem is not with what you [0] are thinking when you read the word "bro", but with what other people , especially newcomers, are thinking. The locker-room atmosphere that stuff like this creates is a huge barrier to entry for a lot of people, women especially, who infer that on top of all the technically difficu…

Absolutely, lets throw away our sense of humor and wordplay because there are theoretically people that might be offended (maybe, kindof. You know. In theory.). (N.B. the people that seem to be offended so far are offended on other peoples behalf..) Isn't it way more offensive to assume that women are such dainty delicate creatures that like, they won't get the joke?

Post by pbhjpbhj » Sat, Jan 25, 2014, 7:52 PM UTC

smoyer wrote: post #165

blahedo wrote: post #99

Great idea; shame about the name. Here's the problem with using words like "bro" (however jokingly): the problem is not with what you [0] are thinking when you read the word "bro", but with what other people , especially newcomers, are thinking. The locker-room atmosphere that stuff like this creates is a huge barrier to entry for a lot of people, women especially, who infer that on top of all the technically difficu…

Yes, the name is goofy at best, but I'm guessing it was a play on "man" pages. I would have thought a small format "man" page would be a "boy" page, but that still has the gender connotation. If you think about what a short format "manual" page would be, perhaps a "pamphlet" (pamp?) or "brochure" (bro) makes sense (tongue in cheek at the moment). I was also sad to learn that I needed Ruby on my computers (I don't gen…