IBM, Red Hat, VMware & Others Form The Inclusive Naming Initiative

[pal666]

This follows the Linux kernel earlier in the year adopting its own inclusive terminology guidelines.

wait a second, isn't "own" an offensive thing which masters to to their slaves?

[krOoze]

As I am very inclusive, and overal very nice person, I suggest we get ahead of this and pre-emptively ban all words. Suggested alternative for all of them is "mooo".

[f0rmat]

I just realized something horrible. In my car, which has hydraulic brakes (as most cars do), there is a MASTER CYLINDER! It controls the brakes with vacuum from the engine on a hydraulic cylinder. Not only that, my car has a manual transmission which means the clutch is connected to a SLAVE CYLINDER! That infernal device provides hydraulic boost when I press the clutch to change gears. All of the automotive manufacturers are racists. The engineers who designed them are racists. AM I a racist because I drive one? NOOOOO! Now I have to find a car that has air brakes and an automatic transmission. I have been looking, but apparently I need a commercial driver's license for them as they are trucks and buses. Luckily I have one, but most of those vehicles are diesel. WTF? Can I not get an electric vehicle with air brakes and an automatic transmission? Those automotive manufacturers are so racist. Now I am condoning their racism because I am drive a car with a master cylinder and a slave cylinder. I need to go get some M&Ms (or some Kinder Schokolade), get a box of tissues, watch Sleepless in Seattle, and have a good cry. After that, I am going to start a Twitter, Facebook, Yelp, and boycott campaign to eliminate automatic hydraulic brakes and manual transmission.

I wonder if the computer brain box in it has code that refers to the master cylinder and slave cylinder. That would be doubly racist.

[krOoze]

You better get an autonomous car, because the word "driver" has the historical baggage of "slavedriver".

[f0rmat]

You better get an autonomous car, because the word "driver" has the historical baggage of "slavedriver".

OMG - You are right! An autonomous electric car with air brakes and an automatic transmission.

[cyclistefou]

OMG - You are right! An autonomous electric car with air brakes and an automatic transmission.

Hey, you racist! I'm left-handed, why are you implying that being right is better than being left? You arrogant far-right supremacist!

[f0rmat]

Hey, you racist! I'm left-handed, why are you implying that being right is better than being left? You arrogant far-right supremacist!

I am SO SORRY...forgive me! I am going through all of my stuff and making sure it does refer to right or left. I will try to be ambidextrous. Will you show me how?

[cyclistefou]

I am SO SORRY...forgive me! I am going through all of my stuff and making sure it does refer to right or left. I will try to be ambidextrous. Will you show me how?

And what about people born without limbs?

[krOoze]

OMG - You are right! An autonomous electric car with air brakes and an automatic transmission.

That would not be road-safe. To get anywhere you would have to join the traffic, but that would be very insensitive to the victims of human trafficing. :o)

[cyclistefou]

And think of traffic jam, how offensive for people with diabetes!