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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by xupybd on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:33AM (#26488587)
We use terms like demon, basically a personification of evil.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by kgwgk on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:29AM (#26489039)
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by dijit on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:39AM (#26489112)
But we don't seem to care about origins of words, Master itself didn't mean slave owner until late in the 17th century.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by XorNot on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:43AM (#26488695)
And we'll stop in the event of the demonic invasion of Earth, but Doom 2 remains just a video game.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by rad_gruchalski on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:12AM (#26489953)
Demon, also spelled daemon, Classical Greek daimon, in Greek religion, a supernatural power. In Homer the term is used almost interchangeably with theos for a god. The distinction there is that theos emphasizes the personality of the god, and demon his activity.
Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by pixelpoet on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:22PM (#26494211)
Apparently copyright infringement is also tantamount to raping and pillaging on the high seas (piracy).