This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but kbin generally requires its users to be either unaware it is written in PHP or OK with using something written in PHP. That has to exert some selective pressure.
I’ve been called a “tankie” here seemingly at random. It’s funny because as a liberal American I have zero idea of what that even is. But yeah sure whatever the randos online say. 🙄
I have no clue where the word comes from, but my understanding is that it’s a hyper-authoritarian communist. Think Stalin or Mao Zedong. The kind of person who’s not afraid to start a genocide or a famine if it means the people dying of starvation are capitalists. You’ll usually see them defending or denying the crimes of the people I listed earlier plus others. Pol Pot is a good example.
I too have been called a tankie on here which is very strange considering I’m a bit less of a leftist than the majority on here.
It seems to come from 1950s “British political rhetoric”, the country that blessed us with The Sun, the Daily Mirror, and similar gems. Basically a slur.
Why not both? They make fun of the technical knowledge of a userbase, you respond by insulting them directly for the non-technical ideology held by someone twice removed (while, coincidentally, providing an example for their point).
I even explicitly called out my statement as tongue-in-cheek, so it’s not to be taken 100% seriously. And full disclosure: I myself am not a PHP developer, but much worse: a PowerShell developer, among other languages.
This is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but kbin generally requires its users to be either unaware it is written in PHP or OK with using something written in PHP. That has to exert some selective pressure.
Says the person on a website programmed by tankies
And here comes the kbin ad hominem strawman. Didn’t take long.
I’ve been called a “tankie” here seemingly at random. It’s funny because as a liberal American I have zero idea of what that even is. But yeah sure whatever the randos online say. 🙄
Whatever meaning it had originally is gone and it’s basically just a way to discredit anyone vaguely on the left you don’t like.
I have no clue where the word comes from, but my understanding is that it’s a hyper-authoritarian communist. Think Stalin or Mao Zedong. The kind of person who’s not afraid to start a genocide or a famine if it means the people dying of starvation are capitalists. You’ll usually see them defending or denying the crimes of the people I listed earlier plus others. Pol Pot is a good example.
I too have been called a tankie on here which is very strange considering I’m a bit less of a leftist than the majority on here.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie
It seems to come from 1950s “British political rhetoric”, the country that blessed us with The Sun, the Daily Mirror, and similar gems. Basically a slur.
Maybe read the comment I responded to again
Why not both? They make fun of the technical knowledge of a userbase, you respond by insulting them directly for the non-technical ideology held by someone twice removed (while, coincidentally, providing an example for their point).
I even explicitly called out my statement as tongue-in-cheek, so it’s not to be taken 100% seriously. And full disclosure: I myself am not a PHP developer, but much worse: a PowerShell developer, among other languages.
Indeed.
😱 The horr… wait, are we talking Windows Power’sHell, or PowerShell on Linux? (I don’t know which one’s worse, just making conversation 😅)
We’re talking cross-platform depravity these days.