> It's a textbook example of getting offended on behalf of other people, who aren't even complaining in the first place.
the person who started the thread stated they're from Australia - so they're getting "offended" on behalf of themself.
FWIW I'm also Australian (living in Europe now) and found this kind of thing (using vague, location specific timeframes like "winter" or "holiday") quite confusing, too. It's obviously easier for me to understand now that I live in the northern hemisphere.
The "issue" is that it's a bit annoying to have to look up where a company is based and then the weather patterns in that locale to understand something, when they could just as easily say "Nov-Dec 2025" for example. And when you live in a sub-tropical or tropical locale where there aren't clear demarcations between four seasons like there are in western Europe and North America, you can't just say "winter there is summer here" and vv.
It's not a serious, "stop everything and fix this right now" issue, just a common annoyance, and it's nice to see Blender here try to make that a bit clearer.
> The "issue" is that it's a bit annoying to have to look up where a company is based and then the weather patterns in that locale to understand something
The only thing you have to do here is understand that seasons are switched in different hemispheres, which is taught when you're about 6 years old in most schools. And in case you forgot that, they even helpfully noted that their "winter of quality" is referring to winter in the northern hemisphere.
Yes, working with people from different parts of the world to you is "a bit annoying".
The Blender group - and entire worldwide open source software community - is already making massive concessions by doing everything through English.
If the only thing you have to put up with that's "a bit annoying" is different holidays and seasons, you should recognize that you're actually incredibly privileged. You already speak English natively. You grew up in a western English speaking country, you share basically all the same reference framing aside from some minor calendar differences. It's honestly selfish as hell to expect people to adapt even their seasonal reference frames to suit you. They're already speaking your entire language instead of their own.
> The only thing you have to do here is understand that seasons are switched in different hemispheres
Like most things taught to 6 year olds, this is also a massive oversimplification of the real world.
There isn't even widespread agreement over which exact months constitute "summer"/"winter" within the Northern hemisphere, let alone when you start bringing in more tropical climates (which tend to have Rainy/Dry/Windy seasons instead).
the person who started the thread stated they're from Australia - so they're getting "offended" on behalf of themself.
FWIW I'm also Australian (living in Europe now) and found this kind of thing (using vague, location specific timeframes like "winter" or "holiday") quite confusing, too. It's obviously easier for me to understand now that I live in the northern hemisphere.
The "issue" is that it's a bit annoying to have to look up where a company is based and then the weather patterns in that locale to understand something, when they could just as easily say "Nov-Dec 2025" for example. And when you live in a sub-tropical or tropical locale where there aren't clear demarcations between four seasons like there are in western Europe and North America, you can't just say "winter there is summer here" and vv.
It's not a serious, "stop everything and fix this right now" issue, just a common annoyance, and it's nice to see Blender here try to make that a bit clearer.