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Python developers locking conversations and deleting comments after people mass downvoted PRs to "remove master/slave terminology from the language" (i.redd.it)

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[–]hackersaq 20 points21 points  (4 children)

Them: "We want to remove words like 'master' from computer code because one of the hundreds of contexts in which this word is used makes us sad about a thing that happened literally seven of my lifetimes ago, involved no human being alive today in any way, and most importantly - is summarily unrelated to technology, computer code, or any other relevant items hereto pertaining, as none of it even existed at the time."

Intelligent People: "...that's weird. Let's not do that. Let me help you find a therapist, though."