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Re:Swearing by alextgordon on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @05:26PM (#3217786)
You can't go through life worrying about what might offend people. Because the scope of what people are offended by is enormous. Some people are offended by sex before marriage. Or atheists. Or religious people. Or gay people. Or vegetarians.

Sure, if you're holidaying in Saudi Arabia, you shouldn't walk around badmouthing Mohammed. But for the most part you can be certain that a small percentage of your actions will offend a small percentage of the people you meet. Such is life.

Fun fact: here in the UK, the word "git" is mildly offensive (I mentioned GitHub amongst family and got a bit of an incredulous look). The company the guy works at is an offensive word.

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Re:Swearing by rahoulb on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @05:53PM (#3217906)
Fun tangent: Linus knows about the word `git` - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git_(software)#Name
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Re:Swearing by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @08:35PM (#3218444)
>The company the guy works at is an offensive word. //

Git is not a harsh word, it's used more playfully than anything IME.

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Re:Swearing by helloworld1 on Wednesday November 09, 2011 @05:40PM (#3217846)
You made my point. You don't need to worry about it if don't know. But it would nice to be considerate when you're aware of it. I'm just worried that a lot of young presenters drop profanity words in presentations just so to make themselves look cool. I hope F bombs won't become a rule of giving tech presentations.
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