[herbcso]

Wow - I really hope that was meant to be sarcastic... (if so, sorry I missed it, carry on and ignore this)

I'm a white male and even I can read the tone-deafness in master/slave. Modeling computer architecture names on one of the great crimes against humanity is not a great naming convention, I'm sure you can agree.

[dracht]

Honest question: what is it that happens to you when you read the words master and slave in the context of computer science? Slavery is horrible and so is killing, but I do not shed a tear whenever the words 'kill/terminate process' appear on my screen - I don't get visions of beheadings, I don't associate it with the act of ending a human life. It's a safe bet to say that no one reading about computer architecture today suffered as a slave, so saying this terminology triggers you is akin to me pretending to be bothered by loud noises because my great-grandfather went through war.

When you hear about a master/slave relationship or a male/female connector, you know immediately what is being described, which is pretty good for a method of communication. If you are unable to interpret words based on their context, I'm inclined to believe it's not the language that's the problem. I doubt that's the case though, I think these manufactured outcries are attempts at social engineering and moves in a game of power (controlling language->discourse->thought).

[npongratz]

> I do not shed a tear whenever the words 'kill/terminate process' appear on my screen - I don't get visions of beheadings, I don't associate it with the act of ending a human life.

I'm totally with you. Just wanted to contribute to the thread by leaving this classic here for anyone who wants visions of (trigger warning!) ending daemon life:

Doom as a tool for system administration:

http://cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/

[djsumdog]

I too could not tell if this person was trolling. It's a good example of Poe's Law:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law

[rimliu]

Should we ban these words altogether?

[beobab]

Just learn ThoughtSpeak! It will solve all your problems...