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>>_yfoe+(OP)
Is the "bro" intended to be ironic, or are the creators actually not aware that the term is used to represent the worst (most misogynistic, most crass, least mature, least dependable) people currently flocking to the industry? It is by its very definition exclusionary.

I suppose "brogrammers" might be a target audience, but the concept of the tool itself is pretty good for just about anyone. Shame about the name.

>>dewitt+72
It's a play on words. This oversensitive, over analytical take on sexuality is getting old. What would you have preferred, the hu-man pages? But that would be exclusionary to people in the industry who don't consider themselves human! <hyperbolic>What next, are you going to suggest that parents name their children gender neutral names so they don't have to chaff at it if they change gender?</hyperbolic> You can infer everything, from anything if you try.

>>joyeus+V4
A play on words is ok, as long as it's not a running joke that keeps coming up. That's distracting.

The key to the Unix joke name genre is that the jokes are encoded laconically into the name and only the name (e.g. "less") and then have the good taste to immediately expire. They don't get old because they don't overstay their welcome.

Edit: I reworded this to be less judgmental.

>>gruseo+i6
> It also clumsily fails to understand the genre it's trying to reproduce, the Unix joke name. Those jokes are encoded laconically into the name and only the name (e.g. "less") and then have the good taste to immediately expire. They don't get old because they don't overstay their welcome.

I'm confused. Is the bro thing showing up in this command apart from in the name?

>>philh+68
I thought it did from reading the blog post. Is that wrong? If so, I'll delete my comment.

>>gruseo+j8
Oh, I didn't see that there's 'bro thanks' and 'bro ...no' for voting. I wouldn't call that too much, but YMMV. I can't see anything else.

>>philh+f9
You have a good point. I rewrote my comment to make fewer assumptions.