grump

[alicephilippa]

Fired up a bit of software I installed a while back to evaluate and got a registration nag screen:



The dialogue box title makes me want to explain to the programme author carefully with a cluebat that it could cause offence.

Comments

[lisaquestions.livejournal.com]

...fucker. That's so completely unnecessary.

[cwol.livejournal.com]

It could? Well, it obviously did. Had it said "The GSAK Wife" I could see it being potentially offensive, but having made the effort to be gender non-specific I don't get it. What am I missing?

[tartful-dodger.livejournal.com]

Likewisee.

I thought it was quite funny.

[alicephilippa.livejournal.com]

Lessee. This software was written by a man, so it could be that spouse = wife.

But be that as it may, the assumption that ones spouse is a nag, is so totally unnecessary. And lets face it the nagging spouse always has the connotation of being the wife.

Misogyny always FTL, whether it is meant as a joke or not.

[random-c.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I suspect it only says spouse because someone else complained.

[jester-uk.livejournal.com]

This software was written by a man, so it could be that spouse = wife.

If you assume a heterosexual pairing, yes.

[alicephilippa.livejournal.com]

I made no assumption on that part. The author of the software does mention his wife on the website...

[ccomley.livejournal.com]

Whole raft of assumptions there.

At the end of the day, if you're going to be The Person Who Stops Stereotype Based Jokes, you can be sure you'll never be idle.

Life's too short.

[alicephilippa.livejournal.com]

The life of an activist is never dull.

[femsc.livejournal.com]

Offence? I giggled when I read it.

A. Nag
(wife of 21 years standing)