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We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14770477 and marked it off-topic.


Is this satire? "man" here is short for "manual".


it's an attempt to mock an old discussion about the use of "SLAVE" / "MASTER" terminology.

These threads fill with reactionaries who think marginalized people are just complaining about nothing or by reductionist leftists who think so-called "identity politics" detract from class struggle.

Edit: It's worth noting that antirez has, as is usual for him, dealt with this issue wonderfully by making a call without downplaying the importance of the problem.


> It's worth noting that antirez has, as is usual for him, dealt with this issue wonderfully by making a call without downplaying the importance of the problem.

He was doing okay until he wrote that everyone is a slave because having to follow "politically correct rules" is itself a form of slavery.


lol. i hadn't seen that ;_;


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I was so focused on the aspect of misogyny that I didn't realize how ableist this term is.


Meh.. manual does not mean hands.. or if you were trying to be satirical, please don't turn HN into reddit.


Nitpick: yes, it does. man- is a root for 'hand', and 'manual' as a noun was a term for 'handbook'.


Oops.. looks like my etymology has long been forgotten. thanks for correcting.




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