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[โ€“] kait@social.pengins.dev 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@lowleveldata I am fully aware that most who use it regularly probably have recontextualized it by default, but why not be more inclusive to those who might be put off by it when we have perfectly cromuoent another options?

[โ€“] lowleveldata@programming.dev 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Because that's a theory that could be applied to any words. We're catering to some imaginary person ("who might be put off") so it's basically devil's proof.