when i see something like the Christianity callout in Chris Krycho's jj demo, it pisses me off. for a while i wasn't sure why; it's not just for the same reason that i dislike proselytic religions in general, because i've never had the same reaction to technical content by Jews or Muslims, and it's certainly not because i believe there should be no religion or spirituality in tech content as a whole. part of it is that christianity is a hegemonic religion that is currently in power in the region i live in, but even that feels kind of unsatisfying to me.

my current working theory is that these callouts tend to be imperative, like Chris's terminal header telling me to "Glorify God." this brings up tons of negative associations for me, as well as just triggering my "don't fucking tell me what to do" reflex.

ultimately i don't think this is a productive thing to feel, but it's something i'm going to continue to interrogate because i think it's worth understanding my own mind as much as i can.