homebrew-fortune-clean

This tap is deprecated. Homebrew no longer enables fortune -o by default as of homebrew-core@3fb3c4c.

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An alternate tap of fortune(6) that does not install "offensive" content to your computer.

Rationale

I don't want hate speech on my hard drive, even lurking in Homebrew's Cellar.

History

I admit that I was strongly tempted to simply remove these fortunes, an action that I might have justified by pointing to the Notes of the original authors. However... I include them, and leave the decision to individual system administrators.

— Amy Lewis, 1995

Anything which assumes as a world view blatantly racist, mysogynist [sic] (sexist), or homophobic ideas should not be in either, since they are not really funny unless you are racist, mysogynist, or homophobic.

— Notes of the original authors, 1993

Installation

brew uninstall fortune # if currently installed
brew install zgracem/fortune-clean/fortune # automatically taps this repo

Usage

fortune -o # results in an error

Otherwise, refer to man fortune for complete instructions.