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0 pointsadrianN6y ago0 comments

I believe that almost everybody who is able to read code is also able to understand that words have different meanings in different contexts and a RNG really doesn't suffer if it's a slave to another RNG.

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Forgeties796y ago· 2 in thread

If you can’t see why the term “slave” might cause issues I don’t know what to tell you.

adrianNOP6y ago

I really don't see it. For example the term pet is perfectly fine when applied to a dog, but very questionable when applied to a human. Should we rename pets to something else?

sbarre6y ago

I don't know how else to put this but you really seem to lack empathy for your fellow human beings.

You are turning people's real pain into a pedantic discussion about language and context, and ignoring the real-world context of this specific scenario.

The tone deafness is astounding.

sbarre6y ago

It's not about the inanimate object that is being described, it about the human who is encountering the word.

I can certainly think of other very objectionable and hurtful words that people don't want to encounter in any context.. I am sure you can think of some words too.

Why is it so hard for you to understand that this particular word falls in that category for a large number of people.

Again, it has nothing to do with context, it has to do with THE WORD ITSELF.

bch6y ago

The RNGs feelings aren’t at issue.

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