Appropriation of eastern asian (particularly Japanese) cultural terms is an odd trend in the American tech community. I cringe a bit every time I see a listing for a Java/Javascript/.NET/$LANGUAGE "ninja", "samurai", or "sensei".

I know it's not done to be offensive, and maybe defended by saying "we're just honoring their culture" or something like that. It's just kind of awkward, can't we agree on that at least?

To be clear, I grew up in Cleveland and have been listening to a comparable debate my entire life: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Indians_name_and_log...