Programmers and software developers lost the plot on naming their tools

Is fun not allowed anymore? In the past 3 days I've seen posts and comments on HN saying that:

- everything in interfaces should be useful, decorative icons are bad

- presentation slides should not use animations

- now fun name are forbidden too apparently

What the fuck?

> No chemist wakes up and decides to call it “Steve” because Steve is a funny name

Do you want to enter the discussion on how physicists named quarks?

the whole post/topic has amazing engagement farming potential

the correct response should be the "that's bait" GIF/meme (from the aptly namee Fury Road documentary)

https://imgur.com/gallery/thats-bait-FOwZ77O

- Almost everything on blogs and HN are opinions, so don't take things things too seriously

- Fun and humour are subjective, and a substantial part derives from novelty and subvertin expectations. It's hard to make something fun for an audience that has already seen such dozens of times.

- The audience('s background and expectations) is diverse and varies with time. So what's considered "fun" is audience specific and often cyclical.

You're right, when looking into it it's just flameware in the end