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by Overtonwindow 1550 days ago
I know why they are doing this, and I think it’s silly, but I hope that all three people who were offended by the original terms are happy now.
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Well, I'm offended by "main" now. The major reference is the "main and subordinate clause", which is just sugarcoating the power difference as in master and slave.

"Master" references mainly mastery, being good at it. Master is an official craftsman job title. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meister μήστωρ, Meister, Magister.

You wont find someone who dares to rename masterpieces to mainpieces.

> You wont find someone who dares to rename masterpieces to mainpieces

And yet you can have a sidepiece...

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The final copy of that release, guess what they call it - master

Is everyone supposed to give up their Master's degrees?
Gotta call them 'really good' now
> You wont find someone who dares to rename masterpieces to mainpieces.

I guarantee you there is an activist insane enough to do just that.