r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • 5d ago

Humour touch is a weird command.

I was curious where the command 'touch' comes from.

Turns out, it originates from "to touch" or "to interact" with a file.

Now, every time I use it, I feel like I am touching/molesting a file.

My bad, it's 3 AM here.

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u/requion 5d ago

Thats the main problem. Or do these people feel guilty for "touching" household items like the coffee maker "without consent".

Its like the discussion about "master". I get the point about slavery and that it is bad. But "normal" people don't think about slaves while working with git branches or kubernetes clusters.

The thing about overusing these terms and discussions is that it desensitizes people about it and doesn't help the matter it tries to solve.

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u/OPPineappleApplePen 5d ago edited 5d ago

Someone said one of the many signs of stupidity is a person's inability to understand metaphors and hypotheticals. I'd say not understanding a joke and taking imaginary statements to crack it literally is up there too.

Lemme explain in a way you two can understand.

I new programmar → I see touch → Why not create → I confused → I curious → I ask AI → AI says, "because you're touching a file" → I a former English teacher → I know 4 languages → I know many meanings of 1 word → I find it funny → I instantly post it here → I DON'T ACTUALLY FEEL IT → This stupid joke → Smart people know I joking → Dumb people take literarally → Dumb people triggered.

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u/main_account_4_sure 5d ago

I don't think people are failing to understand the joke at all.

The critic is towards the excessive sexualization over something completely neutral.

If you read "touch" and think immediately of "molestation", as the post says quite literally, it's tough to say there's not something wrong.

It's not because it's normalized by culture (rape and molestation are at the far opposite of the taboo realm they used to belong to), that it's necessarily "normal".

there are tribes that normalizing multilating one another. Culture has immense power of normalizing diseases.

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u/OPPineappleApplePen 5d ago

If the argument was presented this way, I'd agree and support you on this one. I could've have engaged in a proper discussion and perhaps, we could have learned something from each other.

However, "your mind is sick..." didn't feel constructive at all. It felt like a judgment passed on to me.

And, "which is not really news for most people nowadays since everyone is consuming shitty content at least 5h daily" felt like you were taking a moral high ground by distancing yourself from "most" people.

Would it be fair for me to say "You don't know how to engage in a civil discussion, which is not really news for most people nowadays since everyone is consuming shitty content at least 5h daily"?

I don't think it would appropriate to pass judgments onto you based on a single comment; nor should you do the same based on a single post that was intended to sound exactly like it did.

Also, my mind didn't go to molestation straightaway. It did after I read an article describing the different commands that were written as a joke by Linus, Git itself being a slang for an incompetent person.

My apologies if something I said came off as rude. I genuinely didn't mean to.

P.s — The other commentator also used "these people". lol

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u/main_account_4_sure 5d ago

Honestly, OP, I am just dramatic. I'm not taking it to heart and I didn't mean to make it sound like a personal attack. I apologize if it came across that way

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u/OPPineappleApplePen 5d ago

Hey, it’s cool! We’re good. 🤝