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bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual |
Date: |
Mon, 06 Feb 2023 18:27:23 +0200 |
> From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>
> Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 16:01:50 +0000
>
> I object jokes that make people feel uncomfortable.
It's a losing battle, but: every joke makes someone uncomfortable.
The only way of making no one uncomfortable is to never joke, and what
a sad world would that be! (Come to think about, the only way to
never make someone uncomfortable is to say nothing at all.)
> Also, I fail to understand what "kill files" really refers to here. Also
> some USA-specific context? Or is it Emacs killing concept? Deleting
> files on file system?
A "kill file" is a filter that discards posts you don't want to read,
ever. For whatever reasons. See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_file