I know they mean well. I'm just wondering if anyone else feels the same way I do.
It could be worse. You could be a "rustacean."
We, Java men, got used to it long ago.
Back in the 70s, Peugeot, Renault, and Volvo collaborated on an engine design (used in the DeLorean among other cars). It's got some utterly bizarre design features but attracted its own relatively dedicated following called… PRVerts.
90° V6 engines are a perversion, anyway.
Dunno, I don't mind being called a Rustacean, though I think Rustafarian is a lot cooler. The Gopher term doesn't bother me either, at least it wasn't "Yo Goats!" or something worse. I also like Pythoneer / Pythonista (don't ask me why I like that one). Not sure what D programmers are called, I guess just D programmers. That or Walter Bright's Heissenbuds? I don't know.
>Not sure what D programmers are called
They are called "Real Programmers", a nickname shared with the Assembly, C, Lisp, Prolog, and Ada programmers.