But in fact magic numbers are kind of art: good art shocks you a little - or a lot; more for people who are less free. Who gets offended by big boobs? People who think they are religious, as if Jesus had anything against boobs; people who think boobs are strategic weapons that should be controlled; people who are afraid of any life because life is non-professional; people who try to close their eyes on the existence of two genders; and some women that are insecure.
I feel sorry for the latter because I don't want any woman in the world to feel insecure. But for all other people, it's like they had this demon inside and we're exorcising and it tries to escape the host body by ripping its way outside. It's a good thing. Maybe they'll become less religious and more spiritual; maybe they'll become less restrictive; maybe they'll become less "professional" and more skilled; maybe they'll be forced to acknowledge woman and man.
I don't think it helps insecure girls, I even think it might actually harm them, but is this the reason to harm art? It never was. Who is responsible for insecure people? It's society. Who should be punished for that? Not artists, mind you.
No.
But it's a damn good reason to keep your so-called "art" out of the workplace. Keep your "art" in the galleries where it belongs.
Galleries are the places where art dies. If you'll consult art history, you'll not see much straight-to-gallery art. It had some purpose. It was built into lives.
Modern art should be on streets, it should be embedded into city (or code). In fact, in any city there's a lot of accidental art. Something random but just too good.
Just sayin'. I was shocked to find it out, too, since I use those a bit.
To not only get smarter but also crawl outside of their bubble.
Its not just a meaningless joke, it has an actual raison d'être. Of course there might be less offending choices, but this hardly ranks among the top of the problems that plague open source development (communities).
I'm bothered by what lowest common non-offensive denominator we will eventually have to reach. Is 0xCAFEBABE not only offensive to women but is it also offensive to male Starbucks employees?
I don't have the answers. I don't even think I know what the questions are. I just weep for society as a whole over stuff like this.
I have a problem understanding this.
Whom should this offend?
How does this offend anyone?
How is it sexist when it didn't even specify the which sex's boob it is referring to?
If I name something 'curly_blond_hair' in my code, is that sexist?
Did they really not understand that this was going into an open source project? Or did the Microsofties somehow think this would work as an elaborate way of discrediting the Linux project?
Hint: if you have coders with gender, you get code with gender.
Surely this can't be worth all the oh-noes.
