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why type lot letter when few do trick (lemmy.zip)
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[–] [email protected] 52 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Try not to make memes that imply you’re not anti-slavery.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I‘m anti-slavery but that’s just not the reason I use main as default branch

[–] [email protected] 86 points 9 months ago (6 children)

yup same. I hate slavery just like anyone else but fail to see how naming a branch master has to do anything with it. Next are they gonna claim that master's degree is pro slavery or something

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bachelor's degree means you're not married, so obviously an incel.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

And doctors degree means you are legally allowed to perform surgery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Do you mean “doctorate”? Because a “doctors degree” would usually be understood to be a medical degree, which means yes, you can definitely be a doctor lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Don't give the fucking outrage vampires any ideas.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I put this one in the same camp as whichever well-meaning person came up with "happy holidays". Other religions and cultures don't mind Westerners celebrating Christmas, and over-corrections like this just give fuel to the "political correctness gone mad" (now re-branded as anti-woke) crowd.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago

Happy Holidays makes perfect sense. You can start saying it in early December, whereas if you say Merry Christmas in early December, you seem like you’re not very good with dates. Or maybe you’re one of those people who’s really obsessed with Christmas. I’ll say Happy Holidays until around the 23rd, when I’ll say Merry Christmas until the 26th, back to Happy Holidays until the 31st, when I say Happy New Year.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/07/06/us/racism-words-phrases-slavery-trnd/index.html

Tldr: They're a reminder of slavery, some people feel uncomfortable using / hearing them, it would not be hard for you to make their lifes a bit better by not using them but you can obviously do whatever you like.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

RIght, because the best way to stop bad things from happening is to have everyone forget they happened...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

The term "master" is often used with the term "slave" in computing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master-slave_(technology)
So it wouldn't be odd to assume that git's use of the term "master" also refers to slavery.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

although in the context of version control, the term master simply refers to the gold master, a term borrowed from the recording industry which refers to the final mixed version of a recording, and does not have a corresponding slave.

Either way, I think “main branch” is easier to say, so it’s a win.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I can't wait for asshats to start calling for gender fluid connectors. What's that, male 3.5mm connector, did you just assume my connectors identity?