FWIW my first thought was the same as GP, and then only later did I consider that maybe it's punning on bastard, but I still wasn't sure. Probably better to pick another name and not have to keep explaining it.

Why does it need explaining.

Even if it was a play on retard I think it's really none of your business what someone calls their thing.

The kneejerk response here to be "you have change its name" is so damn entitled.

How is it entitled to ask people not to use names that are a play on slurs against people with developmental disorders?

Ask, or demand?

It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language, meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place, regardless of what you think about it.

> It needs to be explained that it's not using ableist language

Why? This doesn't logically follow to the author renaming their thing unless you think speech policing on the internet is some kind of valid passtime or has any weight on anything in the real world.

> meaning that every time it's shared a discussion like this one will take place

So it's a good PR move because the PC police can't figure out that just maybe every corner doesn't have a nazi around it and maybe it's just a play on bastard?

It doesn't matter if you believe speech policing is valid or not. It does and will happen. I mean, look here: right now the top two top-level comments here are about the name, rather than talking about the project itself.

It's irrelevant what should or should not be, in this case. If you want to avoid people discussing potential controversy around the name you've chosen, then don't choose a name that has controversy potential (and if you do that by accident, graciously change it). I'm talking about outcomes here, not about what anyone might think should or shouldn't happen.

Why do you think they chose a controversial name? For fun?

The author can do what they want, but if they care what associations people have about the name and they didn't consider this, they now have new information.

b$st$rd maybe

Well, it seems to be about 50-50 in this thread alone whether it was "bastard" or "bash tard".

> At some point people have to own their own misperceptions.

I don't have to own shit. I didn't name it.

I first read it as "bash retard", but then thought a little more and hoped it was a play on "bastard". But then the author later (but not very clearly) explains the pronunciation, which makes me think it's intended to be "bash retard". Not a good look, if my interpretation is correct.

Yeah, I read that as Sean Connery saying "Bastard".