It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology's problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.

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    Because I don’t want to be forced to adapt by others.

    We are all forced all the time to follow social norms. Short of moving to a cabin in the woods, this is inescapable, for better or worse. In this master/main debate it seems like we can make some people happy with minimal cost. In the end it is a tiny irrelevance, when compared to other norms being changed.

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