I recall John Barnes, an English footballer, having a hissy fit because some sports broadcaster had referred to a stadium crush as ‘a black day for football’. John Barnes said it was yet another example of a racist connotation of the word. Nope, John, it’s just another meaning, you word hogger.
After outcries from a bunch of attention deprived individuals with, I’m sure, little melanin, GitHub changed their naming convention of the master branch from master to main. Because apparently, some haven’t mastered the English Language, and definitely don’t have a master’s degree in etymology. Which is fine, maybe they studied music and became a maestro. Maybe they became a master craftsman instead, or ended up as a teacher, and eventually headmaster. Who knows? Anyways, where was I? Ah yes, people are fucking morons.
Sure. But, people still know what the words mean, right? You don’t get offended by all the racism in Uncle Tom’s cabin, and want to ban the book, right? You wouldn’t get offended if someone cosplayed as a black elf, would you?
Or, maybe you would. People are, after all, fucking morons. Myself included. I don’t really care if I have to call a branch main or master, just so that’s clear. But it’s 100% a fucking stupid reason for the change, and anyone who thinks that matters in any way, I’ll think less of, and probably avoid in social settings.
This is such a tired argument. The terminology never bothered most people, that was part of the problem. As communities found that it was in fact hurtful to some, we listened, learned from their perspective, and adopted more accurate terms.
The world didn’t end, everything went on working as it had before, and the only real fallout were self-centered complaints like yours. Sure, there are some performative COC assholes running around, but there are a lot of legitimate criticisms that affect people that you may not recognize or even understand.
You can still name your branches whatever the fuck you want, you can set your own defaults, you can leave them in your documentation, existing repositories were unaffected - this complaint is just a self tell that you likely suck to work with.
Naah, you see. There is a different point of view that you aren’t considering. If you cannot correctly identify racism, all you’re doing is making noise. Which is perfect, if you’d rather quibble over bullshit and ban episodes of Community… While systemic racism is rampant in the US. It’s bat shit insane, how racist the US is. Everything there is viewed through the lens of race… so, don’t be so quick to dismiss people who might be just a taaaad tired of (mostly) American virtue signaling of what is, and isn’t racism.
Also, of course it didn’t bother anyone, since it had fuck all to do with racism. That’s kinda my point. Racism is a very real thing, and a very real problem. So people who want to make a fuss about these things can go fuck off and figure out what racism actually is.
PS: I’m also not bothered in the slightest if I name the branch main or master. I’m not sure if you’ll believe that. What I do take offense is the failure to identify that this in fact, has nothing to do with racism, so how about focus on, you know… the problems?
PPS: Feel free to downvote me and move on. I’m annoyed that I brought it up.
I recall John Barnes, an English footballer, having a hissy fit because some sports broadcaster had referred to a stadium crush as ‘a black day for football’. John Barnes said it was yet another example of a racist connotation of the word. Nope, John, it’s just another meaning, you word hogger.
After outcries from a bunch of attention deprived individuals with, I’m sure, little melanin, GitHub changed their naming convention of the master branch from
mastertomain. Because apparently, some haven’t mastered the English Language, and definitely don’t have a master’s degree in etymology. Which is fine, maybe they studied music and became a maestro. Maybe they became a master craftsman instead, or ended up as a teacher, and eventually headmaster. Who knows? Anyways, where was I? Ah yes, people are fucking morons.Tbf, in technology and IT the term “master” is often paired with “slave”, so the connection is a lot more reasonable.
Sure. But, people still know what the words mean, right? You don’t get offended by all the racism in Uncle Tom’s cabin, and want to ban the book, right? You wouldn’t get offended if someone cosplayed as a black elf, would you?
Or, maybe you would. People are, after all, fucking morons. Myself included. I don’t really care if I have to call a branch
mainormaster, just so that’s clear. But it’s 100% a fucking stupid reason for the change, and anyone who thinks that matters in any way, I’ll think less of, and probably avoid in social settings.This is such a tired argument. The terminology never bothered most people, that was part of the problem. As communities found that it was in fact hurtful to some, we listened, learned from their perspective, and adopted more accurate terms.
The world didn’t end, everything went on working as it had before, and the only real fallout were self-centered complaints like yours. Sure, there are some performative COC assholes running around, but there are a lot of legitimate criticisms that affect people that you may not recognize or even understand.
You can still name your branches whatever the fuck you want, you can set your own defaults, you can leave them in your documentation, existing repositories were unaffected - this complaint is just a self tell that you likely suck to work with.
Yeah, ok bud, go fuck yourself.
Naah, you see. There is a different point of view that you aren’t considering. If you cannot correctly identify racism, all you’re doing is making noise. Which is perfect, if you’d rather quibble over bullshit and ban episodes of Community… While systemic racism is rampant in the US. It’s bat shit insane, how racist the US is. Everything there is viewed through the lens of race… so, don’t be so quick to dismiss people who might be just a taaaad tired of (mostly) American virtue signaling of what is, and isn’t racism.
Also, of course it didn’t bother anyone, since it had fuck all to do with racism. That’s kinda my point. Racism is a very real thing, and a very real problem. So people who want to make a fuss about these things can go fuck off and figure out what racism actually is.
PS: I’m also not bothered in the slightest if I name the branch
mainormaster. I’m not sure if you’ll believe that. What I do take offense is the failure to identify that this in fact, has nothing to do with racism, so how about focus on, you know… the problems?PPS: Feel free to downvote me and move on. I’m annoyed that I brought it up.