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[-] railsdev@programming.dev 13 points 1 year ago

You know what? You’re right. I’ve noticed this recently too but didn’t put two and two together

[-] Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

I've held my tongue about it for 3 weeks because I thought I was just overreacting and being an ass. It's nice to know someone else is seeing the pattern too.

[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but kbin generally requires its users to be either unaware it is written in PHP or OK with using something written in PHP. That has to exert some selective pressure.

[-] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Says the person on a website programmed by tankies

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And here comes the kbin ad hominem strawman. Didn't take long.

[-] railsdev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve been called a “tankie” here seemingly at random. It’s funny because as a liberal American I have zero idea of what that even is. But yeah sure whatever the randos online say. 🙄

[-] dannoffs 3 points 1 year ago

Whatever meaning it had originally is gone and it's basically just a way to discredit anyone vaguely on the left you don't like.

[-] bermuda@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I have no clue where the word comes from, but my understanding is that it's a hyper-authoritarian communist. Think Stalin or Mao Zedong. The kind of person who's not afraid to start a genocide or a famine if it means the people dying of starvation are capitalists. You'll usually see them defending or denying the crimes of the people I listed earlier plus others. Pol Pot is a good example.

I too have been called a tankie on here which is very strange considering I'm a bit less of a leftist than the majority on here.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

It seems to come from 1950s "British political rhetoric", the country that blessed us with The Sun, the Daily Mirror, and similar gems. Basically a slur.

[-] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe read the comment I responded to again

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Why not both? They make fun of the technical knowledge of a userbase, you respond by insulting them directly for the non-technical ideology held by someone twice removed (while, coincidentally, providing an example for their point).

[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I even explicitly called out my statement as tongue-in-cheek, so it’s not to be taken 100% seriously. And full disclosure: I myself am not a PHP developer, but much worse: a PowerShell developer, among other languages.

[-] jarfil@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Indeed.

a PowerShell developer

😱 The horr... wait, are we talking Windows Power'sHell, or PowerShell on Linux? (I don't know which one's worse, just making conversation 😅)

[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

We're talking cross-platform depravity these days.

[-] ram@bookwormstory.social 7 points 1 year ago

I've been saying this for months. Kbin folks are just a type it seems

[-] railsdev@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

I find myself to be an ass quite often so take my approval with a grain of salt. 🤣

[-] Maajmaaj@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

I'll admit that about myself as well, lmao.

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