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Why do you think this using racist language is a non-issue?

Ignornace hardly ever helps anyone.

I agree with your statements. Based on my knowledge of German history as well as Kahnrmann’s “Thinking, Fast and Slow” I too think that language forms reality and is strongly related to tractable actions.

However, regarding PCMR, one could certainly argue that the title is more meant like a meme. This might make it acceptable. Further, the meme-like character is in contrast to my aforementioned examples, which came from science and software engineering.

So my point is, while one should treat language seriously, the notion of what is acceptable and what not strongly depends on context. In the case of PCMR, the presence of many younger kids should make us wary of our language, because they might not understand what is meant as a joke and what not.

Soo…what’s the hash?

Fair enough, thanks 🙏

To give a bit of context: there have been similar discussions in the computer science community in recent years. Two examples are the master-slave paradigm in networking and the default git branch which used to be the “master” branch.

I see similar arguments here than in the aforementioned discussions, ranging from “non-issue”, over “language forms reality”, to “respect marginalized groups”.

I’m not familiar with the history of the sub, could you elaborate a bit more please?

Thanks! I did not know that. Very neat :)

What exactly happened? The reasoning in the graphic does not tell me much. I only saw the summary which listed him as second. He seemed having finished his lap before the red flag, no?

Despite a size reduction of the cars, I cannot imagine how to save a significant amount of weight. The biggest weight contributors besides the chassis are engine and battery, right?