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I'll ignore the pointless first statement just as you ignored several of my questions. If you don't want people questioning your opinions, don't share them publicly. How, exactly, does the choice of name minimize women? If a woman wrote 'clit', would you say the same thing? If a woman wrote 'dong', would we call her sexist? I understand the problem, but we're really throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. An e…
With a universe of possible ASCII combinations to choose from - just because a particular iteration is witty, it does not automatically exclude it from offending one or more groups of people (whatever the reasoning). If you want widespread adoption of your tool, your best bet is to try to offend as few groups as possible.
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Why do you consider it sexist? Certainly can't assume everybody will share your viewpoint, though I'm willing to listen to yours.
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Answer: No, because it's crass and lacks decorum. Now explain how it's sexist toward women.
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(because it is)
"Titter" is a word having nothing to do with gender. "None could laugh, though the Ape-man had a chattering titter." The Island of Doctor Moreau, HG Wells
Am I the only one who hates how some projects are named like this?
It feels pretty arbitrary, I guess, to decide that Twitter is special enough that it gets to be one of the 26.
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It's not my job to teach you Sexism 101, so I'll be brief. It reinforces to the minority of women in tech that they will be routinely otherized by their colleagues.
I'll ignore the pointless first statement just as you ignored several of my questions. If you don't want people questioning your opinions, don't share them publicly. How, exactly, does the choice of name minimize women? If a woman wrote 'clit', would you say the same thing? If a woman wrote 'dong', would we call her sexist? I understand the problem, but we're really throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. An e…
Am I the only one who hates how some projects are named like this?
The thing that struck me is that there are no one letter commands in UNIX (that I can remember off the top of my head). Not sure if there's any reason for this besides namespace scarcity -- only 26 one-letter commands you can have! It feels pretty arbitrary, I guess, to decide that Twitter is special enough that it gets to be one of the 26.