[varelaz]

I'm against easter eggs, at least right now. First of all not of them are harmless, can you make sure that it wouldn't break anything important, would it tolerate race, religion, gender and after all of these would it remain fun? It's hard to be responsible and fun in the same time.

[9dev]

Well… I find your conclusion a bit sad, and turned upside down. Instead of banning all things fun for fear of misstepping, maybe it’s time to take things less personally, be more tolerant towards others, and push for positive change instead of trying to punish others for not being ”aware“ enough?

[varelaz]

I'm not trying to punish others, I just don't find it fun anymore with all respect to everyone who keeps up. Before it was naïve and simple, right now it just more complicated, often looks commercialized or not appropriate.

[_V_]

Why on Earth would jokes have to "tolerate" race, religion and gender or anything else? The point of (some) jokes is to challenge anything and everything you deem to be a norm.

I'm starting to think that many tolerance-preaching people are the most intolerant bunch by far.

[illys]

Well, my 2-cent is that you can laugth of everything but not with everybody... So defying the norms with Easter Eggs sent to the wild can be an issue. You have to know your audience to properly chose your level of impertinence.

[aniviacat]

Is the Google "Minecraft" easter egg intolerant of gender?

Easter eggs can certainly be problematic when used in APIs (or similar) where access is intended to be automated (and therefore vulnerable to surprises).

But in user facing code, easter eggs are perfectly fine.

[chuckadams]

It's an Easter egg, so clearly it's intolerant of other religions!

[varelaz]

Is it just a marketing tool of a mega-corp which tries to look nicer and engage you more?