Gollum@feddit.org to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 19 hours agoAnother smart movefeddit.orgimagemessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1704arrow-down122
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minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down1·11 hours agoBut why even? There’s no risk to changing it and some risk to keeping it. That’s the reason for the push to change it. Keeping something just because it’s tradition isn’t a good idea outside ceremonies.
minus-squareshortrounddev@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down3·10 hours agoIt’s the principle of letting uneducated people dictate what words are acceptable to us
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoWhat makes you think they’re uneducated?
But why even? There’s no risk to changing it and some risk to keeping it. That’s the reason for the push to change it. Keeping something just because it’s tradition isn’t a good idea outside ceremonies.
It’s the principle of letting uneducated people dictate what words are acceptable to us
What makes you think they’re uneducated?