American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove human monikers

Re:American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove... by jaclaz on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:19AM (#38113121)

I propose to change "yak shaving" into "birds renaming".

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Re:American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove... by mydriasis on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:22AM (#38113157)

I think yak shaving implies that this would be a tedious step toward something greater, but there's nothing greater at the end of the task, here

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Re:American birds and dozens more will be renamed, to remove... by jaclaz on Thursday November 02, 2023 @09:26AM (#38113206)

You mean that reducing the risk of offending - maybe - a handful of oversensitive people[1] is not a great enough end? ;)

[1] none with any actual interest in ornitology, BTW.

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