Comment by untog
11 years ago
So you glazed over the point in the original post:
the problem is not with what you are thinking when you read the word "bro", but with what other people, especially newcomers, are thinking.
11 years ago
So you glazed over the point in the original post:
the problem is not with what you are thinking when you read the word "bro", but with what other people, especially newcomers, are thinking.
If you are unaware that "bro" would connote "brogrammer" to some people, you can't have predicted that's what those people would think.
And anyway, how far should we take that? It is really difficult for me to conceive that many people would find this meaning in it. If I find out the name of my project is offensive to 50% of my audience, should I change it? What about 25%? 10%? 1%? One person?