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Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by skitter on Monday July 18, 2022 @01:02PM (#32140554)
Mpv has an interesting commit message that rants about the insanity of C locales: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/commit/1e70e82baa91
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by capableweb on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:05PM (#32141366)
"Interesting" indeed:

> All in all, I believe this proves that software developers as a whole and as a culture produce worse results than drug addicted butt fucked monkeys randomly hacking on typewriters while inhaling the fumes of a radioactive dumpster fire fueled by chinese platsic toys for children and Elton John/Justin Bieber crossover CDs for all eternity.

This the final paragraph after the author wrote a novel in the git commit message.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by schleck8 on Monday July 18, 2022 @04:22PM (#32143161)
The guy who made this commit has this in his Github bio:

> Creator of @mpv-player. I was kicked out of the project, but all the backstabbers will pay for it in due time. GNOME is the plague.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by Snetry on Monday July 18, 2022 @05:29PM (#32144077)
Dont trust the current wm4 github account. The original account was deleted and someone made one with the same name.
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by ronsor on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:33PM (#32145540)
The current account is run by a 4chan troll, if I remember correctly.
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by raintrees on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:29PM (#32142454)
I did not really think I was the only one who gets frustrated, but wow - My rants are not quite that inventive/descriptive...
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by jlg23 on Monday July 18, 2022 @05:07PM (#32143727)
bwahaha. what a gem; thank you!

"To justify this emotional outbreak potentially insulting to unknown persons, I will write a lot of text. Those not comfortable with toxic language should pretend this is a religious text."

I'm going to steal this.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by matheusmoreira on Monday July 18, 2022 @07:44PM (#32145608)
One of the best commit messages of all time. Convinced me I was not wrong for hating legacy C library cruft.
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by badocr on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:42PM (#32142629)
Eric S. Raymond commented on that commit, congratulating wm4.
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by jmrm on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:22PM (#32142352)
After skimming that message I think I'll save this for later. I probably would use it for some project I need to use locales with :-)
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by andrekandre on Monday July 18, 2022 @11:14PM (#32147128)
great rant, but then he submits code like

  if (mpa && mpa->locale)
         freelocale(mpa->locale);

which are known to cause bugs fairly easily (see gotofail [0])

[0] https://embeddedgurus.com/barr-code/2014/03/apples-gotofail-...

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by KennyBlanken on Monday July 18, 2022 @02:53PM (#32141982)
"Interesting" is certainly one way to put "author displaying blatant homophobic attitudes."

Edit: referencing anal sex and two musicians, one of whom is effeminate and the other gay(and famously popular among gay people), all as insults. The author is a mix of misogynistic and homophobic.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by Zircom on Monday July 18, 2022 @08:59PM (#32146145)
I think the reference to Elton John and Bieber is more a dig at the quality of Bieber's music, not anyone's (actual or perceived)sexual orientation, and that it's inclusion on the same CD is tainting Elton John's legacy.

So if anything he respects and likes the famously gay person, so wouldn't characterize that as homophobic.

Won't speak to the anal sex reference because I haven't read the whole thing yet.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by bityard on Tuesday July 19, 2022 @04:13PM (#32157318)
> referencing anal sex and two musicians, one of whom is effeminate and the other gay(and famously popular among gay people), all as insults.

It sounds like you believe that only gay people have anal sex, and that only gay people enjoy the music of Elton John and Justin Beiber, is that correct?

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by mpalmer on Monday July 18, 2022 @09:10PM (#32146236)
Maybe not everyone's mind goes where yours seems to. In particular your analysis depends heavily on Bieber being effeminate, which is not an adjective I'd associate with him. Maybe this guy's just making fun of their music? Or are gay musicians exempt from all mockery now?
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by bityard on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:28PM (#32142441)
Genuinely curious: it's obviously, well, manic, but which part of that quote is homophobic?
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by bool3max on Monday July 18, 2022 @04:19PM (#32143123)
These are nowhere near "blatant". Maybe you're the homophobic one?
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by bhaney on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:23PM (#32142373)
"Those not comfortable with toxic language should pretend this is a religious text"
Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by amilios on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:37PM (#32142561)
> Those not comfortable with toxic language should pretend this is a religious text.

Not going to lie, I laughed a little. But you're right.

Re:Mpv – A free, open source, and cross-platform media player by kupopuffs on Monday July 18, 2022 @03:07PM (#32142175)
but hey, he fixed it!