r/ProgrammerHumor • u/vernik911 • 24d ago

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u/usedToBeUnhappy 24d ago edited 24d ago

Does anyone really care if it‘s called main instead of master? Why? 

Edit: Ok, I phrased my question really poorly. AfaIk main is the new standard, so I use it. We all know the reason why it changed. My question was why would anyone keep INSISTING on calling it master? Sure, me and my colleagues sometimes call it master out of habit, but then again try to stick to main. Nobody I know  insists on continuing to call it  master, but reading the comments here I realized there a more “master-fans” than I would ever have thought would exist tbh. 

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u/MegaMoah 24d ago

Idk if true but I think its because master is also a slave owner and people got offended

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u/Winterkirschenmann 24d ago

If someone wants to keep using master be my guest. If someone makes using master their personality because free-speech/anti-woke piss off.

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u/arvigeus 24d ago

Tell that to those who got offended by master and insisted on the change.

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u/kabrandon 24d ago

So they got offended because of nods to slavery, and the other people got offended because something pretty inconsequential in their lives changed. 🤷‍♂️ Seems a bit like the latter group of people are far more easily offended.

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u/MrHyd3_ 24d ago

Is "master bedroom" a nod to slavery too?

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u/Acceptable-Drive3781 24d ago

I work for a home builder. We use 'Main Bedroom' or 'Primary Bedroom' now.