GNOME 3.4 released

Posted Mar 30, 2012 18:02 UTC (Fri) by blujay (guest, #39961)
In reply to: GNOME 3.4 released by ovitters
Parent article: GNOME 3.4 released

Perhaps it's a cultural difference. The reality is that many people refer to mixed groups of people as "guys". It's become almost a generic term for people, like "folks." I don't like it, but that's the way it is. So it's rather absurd to take offense at it.

What if I said that I take offense at anyone's taking offense at it? That makes about as much sense. ;)

GNOME 3.4 released

Posted Mar 30, 2012 23:57 UTC (Fri) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

Quite. We should be using 'guy' to mean specifically male Catholic would-be revolutionaries who failed at the last moment, were captured and executed, and get burned symbolically on an annual basis. Or perhaps their mannequins. (That is, after all, where the term comes from.)

It has already expanded wildly in meaning since those days (even in the UK, where that expansion is relatively recent): I don't see any problem with its expanding a little more.

GNOME 3.4 released

Posted Mar 31, 2012 13:37 UTC (Sat) by ovitters (guest, #27950) [Link] (1 responses)

I know it happens often. I just think it is wrong. You never had women object to this? Where I work I have 10+ nationalities and used to be way more btw.

GNOME 3.4 released

Posted Mar 31, 2012 20:26 UTC (Sat) by blujay (guest, #39961) [Link]

In my experience, I've "objected" to it more than any females have.

Why do you suddenly change gears from sex to nationality? Bait and switch? ;)