Re: [9front] proposal: raze fortunes

[Jacob Moody <moody@posixcafe.org>]

On 7/26/24 05:50, Özgür Kesim wrote:
> I suggest to save the entries prior to the 9front days - after
> correcting wrapping - as '/sys/games/lib/misfortune'.
> 
> It is always good to know where culture came from and how it developed,
> instead of trying to hide its past.

I think its a bit absurd to say that removing bad jokes are "hiding the past".
They'll still be in git, with a documented date and reason for their removal.
Anyone interested in studying the change over time certainly wouldn't miss the git log, no?
I don't see what a rename does better for us, except double the space that the current fortunes file
takes up in our .git directory. The goal of the fortunes file is to contain jokes and quips, so I would
prefer the reasoning for keeping these boomer bumper sticker entries to be that someone genuinely finds them funny.


Thanks,
moody