this post was submitted on 11 Jul 2024
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It's just your average cultural clash.
Most people on internet are accustomed with English naming culture. Meanwhile when people from non-Western (mostly US) making name that seems cool in their culture, it often lead to cultural clash. This also applies to symbol, gesture, etc.
The same kinda people who name their browsers Firefox or Chromium. We just got used to those names.
Firefox = fire + fox, not too crazy of a name
Chromium = literally just an element, how is that a weird name?
Meanwhile floorp sounds like a noise an alien would make