Python finally offloads some batteries
Python finally offloads some batteries
Posted Mar 28, 2022 13:23 UTC (Mon) by nye (subscriber, #51576)In reply to: Python finally offloads some batteries by oldtomas
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A leech is a parasite that latches on to an unwilling host and drains the life out of it to sustain itself. Some metaphor. In fact, the word is specifically used as a particularly emotive term of derision and hatred; it implies that the speaker *utterly despises* the person they're talking about.
Basically, it's a more specific way of describing somebody as a "worthless fucking cunt", or similar. On the offensiveness scale, it's high enough that I can only really think of one word that's higher but that I might occasionally use in close company when senselessly enraged; everything higher than *that* I wouldn't even *think*, let alone say.
Posted Mar 28, 2022 21:21 UTC (Mon)
by pebolle (guest, #35204)
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Exactly. And the infuriating part, for me, is that this metaphor is used for people and organizations doing what I thought was the right thing: using Free Software.
Posted Mar 29, 2022 10:11 UTC (Tue)
by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
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However, I just looked it up in the dictionary and it has definitions involving the words "exploit" and "extort" which are much more negative. If that's the meaning you're using then I can see the statement being interpreted very differently.
Python finally offloads some batteries
Python finally offloads some batteries