It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

  • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
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    Leaving aside the problematic nature of the existing terms, the result was that people actually thought a little more about the relationships the things had and started using better/more precise terminology for the relationships: primary/secondary, active/hot/cold, parent/child, etc.

    Net positive all round.

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      Woah there. You’re using about 25% more of your brain than the rest of the internet. We’re gonna need you to tone that reasonability down a bit.

      I look forward to setting up my next polyamorous network connection. I can wait for the commands nmcli con choke me daddy ens1 thrupple0

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      This exactly. M/S ment nothing to me messing with HDDs as a kid.

      It arguably only makes sense in a control node/ worker node context, but worker is obvious enough in that context.