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A comment on RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slave to Leader/Follower. Parent comment

Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @09:47AM (#37199095)
Huh, thanks for the article: I've learned a bunch of new terms that we still can't use anymore because they refer to gender and they're transphobic. The guidance said to use terms like "plug" and "port" and "jack" and stuff. Although isn't the latter rather sexual???
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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by flangola7 on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:50AM (#37199684)
Sexual doesn't have harmful or derogatory overtones, it's neutral.
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Re:RFC 9454: Update to OSPF Terminology, Changed Master/Slav... by NoZebra120vClip on Sunday August 20, 2023 @10:58AM (#37199792)
Yeah, well, you know, that's just like, uh, your opinion, man. https://youtu.be/Z-xI1384Ry4

The guidance says that referring to "gender" is offensive, and so the guidance lists preferred terms that replace the "gender-based" offensive ones. That's the opinion of the folks who wrote the guidance.

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