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Edit: What I really meant.. Poor choice of words on my part. Take it in this context: "Person X doesn't have a stomach for hard engineering problem Y". "Doesn
by jonesb6 11y ago
Edit: What I really meant..
Poor choice of words on my part. Take it in this context: "Person X doesn't have a stomach for hard engineering problem Y".
"Doesn't have the stomach for" now can be interpreted as a synonym for:
* Is not capable of
* Is not smart enough for
* Is not hard working enough for (!)
In the current environment I definitely shouldn't have brought up gender.
- afarrell 11y agoI guess I've not seen that many westerns, but I really was not aware that the stomach was a gendered organ.
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- pc86 11y agoThis kind of nonsense comment has got to stop. It's reaching the point of ridiculousness. Edit: Was originally some kind of nonsense about the expression "doesn't have the stomach for" being "a jab at masculinity" or something.
- oldmanjay 11y agoThe thing about looking to be offended is that you can find it everywhere without really even trying. Being offended by that phrase definitely qualifies. You do, of course, have the natural right be offended by anything. That doesn't mean people have the responsibility to not offend you. In fact, in America, home of HN, we explicitly have the right to offend you.