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emma wrote

every time i tell someone 'rust sure is popular with every other tran, maybe i should learn it', they tell me i've fallen victim to queer-baiting

so to be safe, i will simply strive to learn nothing

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hollyhoppet wrote

why would somebody tell you this? don't they have something better to get upset about?

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emma wrote

i've known this person for years, and it is my belief that they do not

i'm joking about not learning anything new, though. when i get sick of current projects, and i feel i can stomach learning new tooling, i will take the time to learn rust

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hollyhoppet wrote

rust seems neat. i know tons of trans people who like it! lol

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twovests OP wrote

oh i thought you were joking

i could not have imagined a real person actually calling that queer baiting

i am interpreting this person as generously as i can but i can not imagine any worldview where 'rust is queerbaiting' is both coherent and true

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emma wrote

uh

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twovests OP wrote (edited )

which event is this referring to? Rust Official has had a lot of Bad Events

i see jeanheyd in the thread! (context: https://thephd.dev/i-am-no-longer-speaking-at-rustconf-2023) (but i figure this is referring to something else)

i still dont feel queerbaited by rust because the community has pretty much delivered on the "programming language for transfems" meme. i haven't felt a need to learn haskell, for example

(EDIT: to be clear, im not disagreeing or defending rust, i just don't know what this is talking about)

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emma wrote (edited )

I've been trying to piece together what this is about, and it seems to be in reference to this. Also seems like a larger situation that's been brewing for a while, judging by some comments?

Anyway i was just surprised to come across a second person talking about queer baiting in relation to rust, even if it is in reference to the foundation and not the language itself

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