If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"? - eviltoast

It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • ultramaven@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Do all pf these things still imply some form of ownership, natural hierarchy? Are numbers racist now? Whenever I type 1 over 2, I think about black people getting whipped. :(