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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
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paulca:
(Serious) question for a friend.

Am I allowed to use the term "pwned" online?

I figure it's really, obviously a typo of "owned", referring to the sarcastic ridicule of failure onto one's foe in gaming.  "I own your ass!", "owned", aka "pwned" a statistically common typo.

But... could anyone find a way for the USA SJWs to get a crowbar of idiocy in there and crack it open to refer to slavery and thus.. by broken logic consider it racist?

EDIT: 43756e7420776166666c6573
james_s:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 17, 2020, 07:15:44 pm ---(Serious) question for a friend.

Am I allowed to use the term "pwned" online?

I figure it's really, obviously a typo of "owned", referring to the sarcastic ridicule of failure onto one's foe in gaming.  "I own your ass!", "owned", aka "pwned" a statistically common typo.

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It's been around long before online gaming was a thing. Originally the term was used in the context of cracking a system and taking over, it has been part of the hacker community since long before the modern internet.
GeorgeOfTheJungle:

--- Quote from: paulca on July 17, 2020, 07:15:44 pm ---EDIT: 43756e7420776166666c6573

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Simon:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on July 17, 2020, 07:11:42 am ---
--- Quote from: paulca on July 17, 2020, 07:02:20 am ---More history erased.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-53436447

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Did I miss it, or did they not actually report what the name was?

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Nobody would have know this fact but for it making the news. This is the first I hear of it. It's a sad day when you can't use the word nigger in a matter of fact non offensive way.
Simon:

--- Quote from: GeorgeOfTheJungle on July 17, 2020, 08:16:50 am ---
--- Quote from: paulca on July 17, 2020, 08:03:13 am ---

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Oh, how pompous! Mr. Nobel prize for no reason.

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What he says is very accurate, an just like we think not saying nigger anymore means we are not racist anymore is wrong, so is tearing down statues and changing words not going to make a blind bit of difference unless we actually want to get rid of racism.
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