Considered Harmful - Variants

Variants

Some variants with replacement adjectives (considered silly, etc.) have been noted in hacker jargon. Many variants dealt with computer-related issues, such as:

• "'Reply-To' Munging Considered Harmful"
• "XMLHttpRequest Considered Harmful"
• "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
• "Turing Test Considered Harmful"
• "Geek Culture Considered Harmful to Perl"
• "with Statement Considered Harmful"

Web design consultant Eric A. Meyer focused upon the letter, itself: "Considered Harmful Essays Considered Harmful".

A more recent and satirical variant, "Banking Considered Harmful" and permutations targeting various kinds of financial activity depending on specific context of harmfulness, is an emergent meme inspired by public outrage at reckless and criminal banking activity being revealed during the late 2000s global financial crises.