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		nkrisc on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... The “user” example surprised me because they suggested “client” as an alternative, which might unintentionally imply the person frequents prostitutes.

colpabar on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

Whoa there pal, did you say "prostitute"? I think you mean "person who engages in sex work".

antihero on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

Also stupid because client has both a very different technological and semantic meaning.

nkrisc on Dec 20, 2022 | [–]

That was my point. Also I haven’t heard anyone use the word “user” to mean a drug addict since the 90s, I think.

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