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Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing” by PreachSoup on Thursday October 06, 2022 @02:52PM (#33112384)
It's really funny from the perspective of the code review:

Reviewer: This block of code is a bit confusing. Could you replace with a simpler and shorter version like this? (Suggest edit)

Reveiewee: I agree with you. But nah I will keep it. Oops shipped!

Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing” by birdyrooster on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:10PM (#33112635)
Learning to say no was the single best thing I could do to improve my shared coding experience.
Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing” by rustyminnow on Thursday October 06, 2022 @04:38PM (#33113783)
The proposed changes were "cuts". The reviewer said "remove these lines, we don't need them" not "can you clarify". So more like:

Reviewer: I don't like this code - so we don't need it. Take it out.

Reveiewee: Umm what? I can clean it up, but it's kind of essential