Better string mixins

[Jonathan Marler]

On Friday, 28 December 2018 at 14:13:04 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Friday, 28 December 2018 at 12:09:30 UTC, Walter Bright 
> wrote:
>> On 12/27/2018 9:55 PM, Michelle Long wrote:
>>> This avoids having to do shit like
>>
>> Please don't use such words on the forums. We expect 
>> professional demeanor.
>
> I'm sure you're bored of hearing this, but workplaces aren't 
> very uniform in expected demeanor across different countries, 
> industries, companies and jobs. Playing on stereotypes: what 
> might be normal behaviour for a sysadmin at an Australian games 
> company would likely be horrifically bad behaviour for a 
> user-facing tech support role in a German accounting software 
> company. Maybe I'm wrong, but I think programmers swearing 
> regularly is pretty normal at work in a lot of places.
>
> Maybe there is another description of what you intend that 
> would be more universal.
>
> (To be clear, I think I understand what you mean by 
> "professional demeanor", but I've been here a while and 
> inferred from observation what you do and don't put up with, 
> plus I guess a bit based on similarities between UK and USA 
> culture)

This is just a guess but I think Walter is more sensitive to 
swearing because of his religious beliefs. I saw a video a while 
back that made me think he's Mormon. I was raised Mormon and they 
look down very much on swearing. Nowadays I just find it fun to 
use for emphasis and humor but I'm careful to only use it around 
people I know well and I know are comfortable with it. When I was 
Mormon I probably looked down on people who used it, so even 
though I don't think there's anything wrong with swearing, I know 
other people will judge you for it. With so many religious people 
in the world it's safe to assume someone's going to be offended 
by that language so it's best to avoid it if you want to Foster a 
well meaning and diverse community. Anyway, just thought I'd 
share my thoughts, could all be wrong but maybe it provides 
another helpful perspective.