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by allanmacgregor 2794 days ago
Best I can tell is satire
3 comments

I must inform you that this is not satire.
Dangerous not to make that more clear if true.
Isn't the whole point of good satire that it's not immediately evident whether it's a joke or not?

Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous.

> Regardless, I don't see how this satire could be considered dangerous.

Watch the twitter mob forming outside the window!

You can watch the mob forming in realtime. https://twitter.com/search?q=sqlite&src=typd

> "I hope there are discussions at REDACTED today about whether featuring SQLite on their front page is consistent with their values."

> "The message is clear: if you're concerned about diversity, decency, and inclusiveness, stay well away from the SQLite project."

> "I wonder if SQLite Consortium member organizations @mozilla, NDS association, @BentleySystems, @expensify, @business were consulted on this move."

> "This is the as*le: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Richard_Hipp … (thanks @weigandtLabs for finding that out). He _is_ the main SQLite dev. And that's the community he's building. So SQLite is now dead -- or, at least, it should be."

Pathetic. I am not a user of twitter precisely because I have no interest in reading those sort of reactions. But I am strangely fascinated by this continuous stream of 1st degree, knee jerk reactions, it's kind of like watching shit flowing out of a bull's ass...
47. Keep death daily before your eyes.

Oh, don't worry SQLite, I do.

I fucking hope it's satire. Even so, this page should be nuked from orbit. It's shocking that SQLite would allow such a page on their domain.

If you're curious - this practice is so you don't squander your life. Reminders of death are uncomfortable so we tend to avoid them - but they can properly spur us to life with vigor in the time we have.

When I was an athiest, I thought it was good advice at the time.