@lowleveldata In general, I would say yes, it’s better not to use “Nazi” as a metaphor for otherwise everyday activities where there are plenty of unobjectionable alternatives.

I don’t know that trying to divorce it from context and find a general rule is particularly helpful, though. It’s not just “alternate” definitions, it’s the primary definition for most people that the industry adopted.

[–] kait@social.pengins.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@lowleveldata I am fully aware that most who use it regularly probably have recontextualized it by default, but why not be more inclusive to those who might be put off by it when we have perfectly cromuoent another options?

[–] lowleveldata@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Because that's a theory that could be applied to any words. We're catering to some imaginary person ("who might be put off") so it's basically devil's proof.