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Ah! Ok, so we need to be more specific then: What about "users" seated at desktops as KSI's - as in Keyboard Seat Interfaces. Or then those on phones as "swipers". 
Come on! If you want to write about such things, then at least show you've got some idea of what to do in its place! 
I must say, I've always thought the word "user" has this addict connotation. Though in some cases it may even be an apt analogy. 
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I know!
Just replace 'users' with 'lusers', 'after sales' with 'LART', and 'blogger' with...
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
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Never new that 'user' can be used in this context - we use the more convenient 'that idiot' phrase...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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SomeIdiot wrote: I can either keep using language I disagree with, or I can begin to search for what’s next. I choose to search.
That is so extremely idiotic I need to mail the author.
Either you use the terminology of the field, or you sod off and go flip hamburgers.
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+5 for quote attribution!
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. - Mark Twain
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: SomeIdiot wrote: I can either keep using language I disagree with, or I can begin to search for what’s next. I choose to search.
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Kent Sharkey wrote: I know, let's replace it with 'victim'
Some other alternatives that spring to mind:
- Beta-testers;
- Wetware;
- Suckers;
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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At this pace, we won't be able to use terms such as "server", "thread", or "service".
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I had an (ex-)fellow developer complain that I wrote code referring to "master" and "slave" components!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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It's on a PC ... right? You gotta have them social correct PC's!
None of your gradfather's PC's. They didn't know what they were doing wrong. You should always have only peer-to-peer without any governing control! All PC's must be equal, only some of tem needs to be more equal than others.
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It's OK. I changed them to be "Mistress" and "Slave" and they never said another word about it!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Yeah, but now it needs to be R-rated!
At least it's less anti-PC than my first idea: Despot -> Minion.
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In the great scheme of things, calling them 'users' and ![Elephant | [mastadon]](https://codeproject.freetls.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/elephant.gif) ing nicer than what I call them most of the time.
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Why first thought was that the author is an idiot.
Then, I wondered if he was being ironic and read the article.
The author is an idiot.
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This is a sign of the times, when we have people constantly on the lookout for something new to be offended about.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I find that point of view offensive!
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Write a blog and cry us a river 
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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Brain dead stupid.
Quote: In product design, “user” and the other U-words have been foundational to defining the relationship between humans and tech. The former uses. The latter is used.
But labeling people as users strips them of complexity. It reduces humans to a single behavior, effectively supporting a view of people as more like robots whose sole function is to use a product or feature.
That's a strong hint that he is useless as someone in the UX/Usability field. The entire field is about defining users, and understanding what behaviors they most commonly expose (hint: it's almost never a single one). His writing clearly shows that he did not understand his job, or role in the industry.
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I always thought the word "user" was a bit odd. "Users" to me were drug addicts. Oh, wait...
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If all you've got is lemons, make lemonade.
If all you've got is junkies, give 'em junk.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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When we forget that code is also for humans to read, we end up with scary codebases that make the future maintainers pull their hair out. For those who care
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So he doesn't approve of "code with seething hatred"?
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A study of popular music by data scientists, using the IBM Watson Tone Analyzer, has found increasing levels of anger and sadness in the lyrics from the 50s till now. And I thought it was just me
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Well, that's surprising.
Anyone would think that it were aimed at teenagers, or something.
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