I just hope the very level headed decision by Microsoft to remove the imagery is going to be mistaken for their tacit approval of the link that dude shared.

It makes sense Microsoft did the thing and removed it, the linked article is … political af

[–] RedditWanderer@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

This is nothing new, people expect religion not to be part of the "professional" environment. Dunno if VS code applies.

At the office (big corp) they don't call it the "Christmas Party", it's "the holiday party". They put lights and stuff up but no more Christmas trees/stars etc.. not everyone celebrates christmas so that's fine by me. If Microsoft wants to put a little santa hat on their product that's fine by me too. If I was using some service based in Mexico and they put a little hat on a product for cinco de mayo i wouldn't care. Christmas has other implications so it might be different, dunno

[–] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Personally, I'd rather we started celebrating everyone's religious holidays instead of tiptoeing around Christmas. More parties and we get to learn about different cultures.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah

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[–] BurningTurtle@programming.dev 22 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Guess loosing his project didn't deter him from using vscode.

[–] nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

Ghost is github's way of referencing deleted user apparently. Different people probably

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I guess "ghost" is just placeholder for deleted accounts

In fact, in the issue they even refer to another username that doesn't exist anymore

[–] BurningTurtle@programming.dev 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL

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[–] Imacat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The article they share in the issue to explain why Christmas is so offensive is absolutely wild. To quote:

Imagine that between 1933-45, the Nazi regime celebrated Adolf Hitler’s birthday – April 20 – as a holiday. Imagine that they named the day, “Hitlerday,” and observed the day with feasting, drunkenness, gift-giving, and various pagan practices.

https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/51928?lang=bi

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

That analogy seems a better fit for a lot of Jewish holidays then Christmas. Passover is about the mass death of innocent Egyptian children. Chanukah is about a revolt against Greek rule where:

The Maccabees destroyed Greek altars in the villages, forcibly circumcised boys, burnt villages, and drove Hellenized Jews off their land.

Christmas is just about some baby being born ( on probably a different day)

[–] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The "real meaning" of Christmas was getting the pagans on board with Christianity, don't let anyone lie to you otherwise lol.

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[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

VSCode doesn't commemorate Passover or Chanukah, though.

[–] normalexit@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Did they make it their top priority though!?

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

The 'ghost' of Christmas past.

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