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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by Sir_Substance on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @04:38AM (#9967125)
>The actual nightmare scenario is that people with learning disability are killed by doctors because those doctors think "retards have no quality of life".

Woah, that escalated quickly. How the hell did we go from offensive words to hospitals as state run eugenics labs in one sentence?

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by PopeOfNope on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @08:17AM (#9968060)
Welcome to HN. The new motto around here is "we're actually worse than reddit."
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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by kordless on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:17PM (#9970069)
I love you.
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