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30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual

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Message #248 received at 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>, rms <at> gnu.org
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 61325 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#61325: 30.0.50; Jokes in GNUS manual
Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2023 04:24:01 -0800

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net> writes:

> I am attaching a patch from another user with some jokes being rewritten
> using different terms.

I suggest this alternative and much more minimal patch, which only
removes the most unnecessary references to "sex" (replacing it with
"meme", which is what most of the internet is about these days) but
keeps the reference to something as innocuous as a "date" (which in
standard American English could mean just having dinner) and "naughty"
(which according to Merriam-Webster means "engaging in or marked by
childish misbehavior").

If this is acceptable, I suggest installing this and moving on.

diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus.texi b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
index 486171a080a..7d6898bdcea 100644
--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi
@@ -3860,10 +3860,10 @@ Group Topics

 If you read lots and lots of groups, it might be convenient to group
 them hierarchically according to topics.  You put your Emacs groups over
-here, your sex groups over there, and the rest (what, two groups or so?)
+here, your meme groups over there, and the rest (what, two groups or so?)
 you put in some misc section that you never bother with anyway.  You can
-even group the Emacs sex groups as a sub-topic to either the Emacs
-groups or the sex groups---or both!  Go wild!
+even group the Emacs meme groups as a sub-topic to either the Emacs
+groups or the meme groups---or both!  Go wild!

 @iftex
 @iflatex
@@ -3880,8 +3880,8 @@ Group Topics
   Emacs -- I wuw it!
      3: comp.emacs
      2: alt.religion.emacs
-    Naughty Emacs
-     452: alt.sex.emacs
+    Wayward Emacs
+     452: alt.meme.emacs
        0: comp.talk.emacs.recovery
   Misc
      8: comp.binaries.fractals
@@ -4280,8 +4280,8 @@ Topic Topology
   Emacs -- I wuw it!
      3: comp.emacs
      2: alt.religion.emacs
-    Naughty Emacs
-     452: alt.sex.emacs
+    Wayward Emacs
+     452: alt.meme.emacs
        0: comp.talk.emacs.recovery
   Misc
      8: comp.binaries.fractals
@@ -4297,7 +4297,7 @@ Topic Topology
 @lisp
 (("Gnus" visible)
  (("Emacs -- I wuw it!" visible)
-  (("Naughty Emacs" visible)))
+  (("Wayward Emacs" visible)))
  (("Misc" visible)))
 @end lisp

@@ -4351,14 +4351,14 @@ Topic Parameters
   Emacs
      3: comp.emacs
      2: alt.religion.emacs
-   452: alt.sex.emacs
+   452: alt.meme.emacs
     Relief
-     452: alt.sex.emacs
+     452: alt.meme.emacs
        0: comp.talk.emacs.recovery
   Misc
      8: comp.binaries.fractals
     13: comp.sources.unix
-   452: alt.sex.emacs
+   452: alt.meme.emacs
 @end group
 @end example

@@ -4369,7 +4369,7 @@ Topic Parameters
 @* @samp{alt.religion.emacs} has the group parameter @code{(score-file
 . "religion.SCORE")}.

-Now, when you enter @samp{alt.sex.emacs} in the @samp{Relief} topic, you
+Now, when you enter @samp{alt.meme.emacs} in the @samp{Relief} topic, you
 will get the @file{relief.SCORE} home score file.  If you enter the same
 group in the @samp{Emacs} topic, you'll get the @file{emacs.SCORE} home
 score file.  If you enter the group @samp{alt.religion.emacs}, you'll
@@ -21109,18 +21109,18 @@ Reverse Scoring
 @section Reverse Scoring
 @cindex reverse scoring

-If you want to keep just articles that have @samp{Sex with Emacs} in the
+If you want to keep just articles that have @samp{Fun with Emacs} in the
 subject header, and expunge all other articles, you could put something
 like this in your score file:

 @lisp
 (("subject"
-  ("Sex with Emacs" 2))
+  ("Fun with Emacs" 2))
  (mark 1)
  (expunge 1))
 @end lisp

-So, you raise all articles that match @samp{Sex with Emacs} and mark the
+So, you raise all articles that match @samp{Fun with Emacs} and mark the
 rest as read, and expunge them to boot.

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