Post 9zcuWi4UP3vnupm5dA by celesteh@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #9zcuWgwIc1mmP8w2E4 by celesteh@mastodon.social
       2020-09-28T16:20:15Z
       
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       Petition to replace "free as in beer" with "free as in coffee" to be more accessible to people put off by beer-drinking culture.Yeah, for real. People with religious reasons for not drinking don't need the micoraggression. Neither do people who live in places where beer is blokey, heteronormative or reminiscent of Brett Kavenaugh.  ~Everyone~ is the target audience for FOSS. RMS-era Foss jokes all need to be reevaluated and many of them, including this one, have outlived their usefulness.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zcuWhBXhLylAQ4CzA by celesteh@mastodon.social
       2020-09-28T18:54:07Z
       
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       Ok, so the issue is that some people, including women and, in many countries, muslims, are marginalised in tech spaces and don't feel welcomed in the foss community.I know ~you~ don't do this, at least not on purpose, but some of your mates are being really dickish when you're not looking.At the same time, some items that you enjoy are sometimes weaponised by people you don't like, maybe in ways you don't notice.(Explainer thread 1/n)
       
 (DIR) Post #9zcuWhR8lMSJwnMfIW by celesteh@mastodon.social
       2020-09-28T18:57:47Z
       
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       So you like beer. It's fun, you can have it with your mates. It's a good time!  You love going to a Real Ale pub. But, you know, 'spoons is Brexity, which makes it kinda hostile to migrants and the Campaign for Real ale is striking back against alcopops because they're girly and there's some sexism and unsubtle homophobia lurking under their otherwise good intentions. And then, you know, your muslim colleagues who don't drink aren't really all that welcome.(2/n)
       
 (DIR) Post #9zcuWhqfESs9DxJ356 by celesteh@mastodon.social
       2020-09-28T19:00:04Z
       
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       Also, in the states, the phrase "I like beer" is become unfortunately the catch phrase of a[n alleged]  rapist.I had a weird experience when I was like 19 and went for a job interview, below the drinking age in my country and it lasted for HOURS and a lot of much older men kept trying to get me to drink beer. It was not great, to be honest.(3/n)
       
 (DIR) Post #9zcuWi4UP3vnupm5dA by celesteh@mastodon.social
       2020-09-28T19:03:01Z
       
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       And the search for a universally applicable replacement, so as to make sure it's something that is appealing for everyone is really annoying me because the context in which the old phrase functioned had specific power structures at play.As far as I'm aware, people who don't drink coffee do ~not~ face systemic issues in FOSS. We do not need to worry about accidentally repeating for the hundredth time that day that they're not welcome.What about the cishet christian white men? They're /fine/.
       
 (DIR) Post #9zd5bFFC6os9S99AJs by brandon@fosstodon.org
       2020-09-28T21:07:04Z
       
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       @celesteh I'd take it a step further and say "food", that's what I've defaulted to these days