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Code humor and inclusiveness

Code humor and inclusiveness

Posted Jun 12, 2021 0:47 UTC (Sat) by yootis (subscriber, #4762)
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When I saw the title of this post, I was afraid it would be about racist, sexist, or political jokes. I was quite relieved to see it was about good old fashioned UNIX Dad Jokes.


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Code humor and inclusiveness

Posted Jun 13, 2021 12:46 UTC (Sun) by Subsentient (guest, #142918) [Link] (2 responses)

The offensiveness of my comments depends entirely on what kind of project it is. If it's professional, you can expect to see a little cursing and my usual cynicism, but nothing too edgy. If it's open source, I have code that instructs readers to perform analingus on me and/or their grandmother if, per chance, they dislike and/or wish to change a particular section of code.

Does it disturb people? Sure. But, abhorrent humor is an integral part of who I am, and I am a true believer in The Satanic Temple's 4th tenet: "The freedoms of others should be respected, including the freedom to offend. To willfully and unjustly encroach upon the freedoms of another is to forgo one's own."

Similar reasons are why I refuse to follow language-specific style guides much of the time, particularly Rust's, because the compiler attempts to enforce it with a warning, which I find, ironically, very offensive.

Code humor and inclusiveness

Posted Jun 13, 2021 15:36 UTC (Sun) by sjj (guest, #2020) [Link]

Funny. Got me going there for a while. Granted, the smug self righteous programmer stereotype is getting a bit long in the tooth.

Code humor and inclusiveness

Posted Jun 14, 2021 5:37 UTC (Mon) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

A "professional" software told me once: operator "doofus" is not supported


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