Living without the modern browser

Re:Living without the modern browser by keldaris on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:49AM (#20402475)

If there existed some form of global consensus across the English-speaking world on what the inoffensive version is, I'd be happy to abide by it. In the meantime, suggesting that people on a venue as global as HN have some sort of a responsibility to follow and observe the random cultural variations in whichever narrow bubble you were referring to strikes me as presumptious and absurd.

I also wish more people valued clear language over these battles of ever more contrived euphemisms. George Carlin has a brilliant sketch on this very issue [1], which is both thoughtful and inoffensive (specifically references "handicapped" around the 5:30 mark).

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o25I2fzFGoY

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Re:Living without the modern browser by VBprogrammer on Wednesday July 10, 2019 @10:59AM (#20402565)

> have some sort of a responsibility to follow and observe the random cultural variations in whichever narrow bubble you were referring to strikes me as presumptious and absurd

I suggested no such thing. I just pointed out that it felt odd to me to read that. From the rest of the discussion below it's pretty clear that there isn't much of a global consensus. However, it's also clear that, whatever term is preferred, 'handicapped' isn't it.

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