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Can someone explain to me the "dummy" and "sanity" exceptions? I have never even considered that these words might be offensive. Perhaps not emotionally neutral, but then why not "poor" (performance) or "silly"? Is there some context that I'm not aware of?

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This just means new words/phrases will be offensive and need purged in a few years.

Lest we forget, “retard” used to be the kind way to describe mentally challenged people when earlier phrases became offensive.

Hopefully all the would-be enforcers of language don't find out what happens inside a commercial plane cockpit on landing.

It’s a reach. Or else perhaps Twitter is concerned about offending the numerous employees who lack sanity and may feel excluded by someone else wanting their code to run.

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