Jesus christ people in the comments here are pathetic. This clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs or otaku culture. It’s a play on the totally normal english word “tycoon” which just means “very rich businessman” and “mogul” which is a synonym for “magnate”. You can look these up, every half-decent dictionary has these words. They probably changed it because “coon” is a slur for black people and they didn’t want to cause any misunderstandings. If any of this offends you, please, please just step outside, touch some grass, take a deep breath, relax.
You begin with “this clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs” and have near the end “they probably changed it because coon is a slur for black people”.
This is self contradictory, both statements can’t be true at the same time.
I am not offended by anything here, I couldn’t care less about what they use as fun wordplay in there.
Had a slow day and lots of free time at a train ride and just want to show that everything written can be misinterpreted and misunderstood. There is a bad meaning or derogatory slang for nearly every word out there.
derogatory slang
What did you call me!?
🤣😉
It absolutely can be true, though slightly misworded.
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the initial usage had nothing to do with the derogatory term.
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upon realizing the relation to the derogatory term they adapted.
Yes, if you change the complete context and make major changes to the sentences, then both can be true. I am sorry that I made that mistake, I beg for forgiveness
It’s not changing the complete sentence, it’s recognizing context clues and patterns of language.
“This clearly has nothing to do with racial slurs or otaku culture” = the original intention wasn’t about a racial slur and the change isn’t about mocking Otaku culture. (This is supported when they go on to explain what the actual original intention would be)
“They probably changed it because “coon” is a slur for black people and they didn’t want to cause any misunderstandings” = upon realizing the relation to a slur they didn’t intend, they changed it.
No need for forgiveness, or for passive aggressive condescension.
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Okay, so this definitely feels like bad practice to not change the version number or URL, even in something trivial like example texts here. But what real-world significance does this have?
It almost seems equivalent to just changing a variable name based on how it’s being used, which – to be clear – should come with a version bump, but I can’t imagine this having any meaningful impact anywhere.
But what real-world significance does this have?
None - I don’t know of anyone that parses release names. Versions, yes, absolutely, but silly version release names?
I came into the comments to see what other reason there was, but it seems it’s a non-story.
FSF moved out of its office in August 2024. Note that they removed the address in the newer revision. I guess they took the opportunity to change the example copyright disclaimer to something that didn’t include a racial slur.
It’s not a functional change so I don’t think it warrants a new version number or URL.
Hugh Jassole
Wouldn’t that be spelled “Earl”, then?
So instead of a racial slur they now make fun of Anime/Manga/Video Game fans
“Moe (Japanese: 萌え; pronounced [mo.e] ⓘ), sometimes romanized as moé, is a Japanese word that refers to feelings of strong affection mainly towards characters in anime, manga, video games, and other media directed at the otaku market. Moe, however, has also gained usage to refer to feelings of affection towards any subject”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moe_(slang)
That in combination with Ghoul
“In folklore, a ghoul (from Arabic: غول, ghūl) is a demon-like being or monstrous humanoid, often associated with graveyards and the consumption of human flesh”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoul
creates a not very nice combination.
Touch grass
Everyday I become more secure in my belief that anime should be banned and all “anime fans” should be re-educated.
a) ad hominem and b) where did you take the information from that I am an anime fan? Only because I know the definition of the Japanese word “Moe”? A definition that is only one Wikipedia search away.
Maybe you should get some education and logical thinking first before you send others into re-education.
