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1. donots+(OP)[view] [source] 2014-01-26 01:12:31
Julia is a first name which is free of negative association.

Bro is associated with obnoxious, stupid, despicable, disrespectful.

replies(4): >>etjoss+c >>mkr-hn+j4 >>girvo+z6 >>wutbro+Xe
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2. etjoss+c[view] [source] 2014-01-26 01:16:33
>>donots+(OP)
Git is associated with completely ignorant, childish, and lacking in manners. So what? It's the name of a piece of software, and if there's sufficient adoption, it starts to lose its old meaning in a tech context.

Which, for "bro", is fine by me.

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3. pessim+E2[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-01-26 02:17:48
>>etjoss+c
Git isn't gendered.
replies(2): >>etjoss+T2 >>TeMPOr+Vo
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4. etjoss+T2[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-01-26 02:23:14
>>pessim+E2
Right. I'm just pointing out that it's fine to name software something gendered or something associated with obnoxious, disrespectful people. See Julia and Git, respectively, for examples of the above that seem to be working out just fine.

The real problem is that 'bro' is inherently masculine in a male-dominated industry - which has unfortunate implications if we're trying to be inclusive of women. That's it. If people use it enough as a technical term for a piece of software, maybe 'bro' - like 'man' - will stop feeling weird when you type it into the command line.

Until then, it absolutely is offensive and unwelcoming.

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5. mkr-hn+j4[view] [source] 2014-01-26 02:50:57
>>donots+(OP)
I never get that impression when my brother calls me "little bro." And all my friends who were/are close enough to treat like brothers. I'd call women who are that close sis if the culture around gender weren't so weird and arbitrary.
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6. girvo+z6[view] [source] 2014-01-26 03:39:47
>>donots+(OP)
Seriously? That is what you get from "bro"? Somehow I have a feeling the issue lies in you, not the word there :/
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7. wutbro+Xe[view] [source] 2014-01-26 07:45:21
>>donots+(OP)
> Bro is associated with obnoxious, stupid, despicable, disrespectful.

This sounds a hell of a lot more like an issue with you vs an issue with the term. When I think of 'bro', I think of the short form of calling someone brother endearingly. I wasn't even aware of the frat context until a few years ago. Hell, even within the frat context, it's not necessary "obvnoxious, stupid, despicable, disrespectful", it's just a young guy who's part of the party culture that's associated with college, at least in the US.

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8. TeMPOr+Vo[view] [source] [discussion] 2014-01-26 12:31:30
>>pessim+E2
Thus proving that this whole discussion is about the new fashion of aggressive gender-neutrality.
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