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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by dijit on Friday July 03, 2020 @04:43PM (#23727405)
Yes, but this is very much part of the Euphemism Treadmill[0]

I would fervently argue that 'sanity' has nothing to do with denigrating persons, merely ensuring that the solution remains "sane" in light of many people pouring time on things in different contexts.

Unless we're saying sanity in of itself is bad?

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemism#Evolution

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