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"score something"? Really?

by jameshart 11y ago

herbig 11y ago
The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad.
- lighttower 11y ago
  > The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad. It's because you have added nothing other that your own faked outrage at the legitimate use of scoring as a way to describe attainment of a sought after goal.
  - jameshart 11y ago
    Actually my genuine concern (not outrage) is primarily that someone on HN feels that the use of the word 'something' to describe a woman is remotely appropriate. I'm calling the poster out on that because I feel like if they don't have it pointed out to them that that is inappropriate they'll continue to think it's okay. It is not okay.
    - sliverstorm 11y ago
      "Something" doesn't necessarily refer to a woman. Could refer to a relationship, ala: I want something that will make my heart race, something that feels real
      - jameshart 11y ago
        I've never heard anyone describe a relationship as being 'out of their league'.
        Trill-I-Am 11y ago
        Then you haven't spent much time in male-dominated online spaces
        pmarreck 11y ago
        This is an extremely common expression, I thought. Google seems to indicate similarly with 847,000 results for the exact expression "out of (my OR your OR their) league". So, not sure under what rock you've been. ;) https://www.google.com/search?q=%22out+of+(my+OR+your+OR+their)+league%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22out+of+(my+OR+your+OR+the...
pmarreck 11y ago
Poor choice of wording. I'm 43. While this is no excuse, I suppose, I grew up in a time that was not as ridiculously P.C. as it is now. I find myself increasingly surrounded by this sort of sensitivity to any (even joking) conventionally-male analogies used when dating. I'm also a US Veteran and a member of a fraternity, two bastions of male-centrist worldview. But also, just to be clear... Disgust is a non-argument. :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_repugnance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_repugnance
pmarreck 11y ago
I used "something" to refer to "a relationship," which is a non-gendered thing, hence "something." My own question would be, why are you reading negative meanings into my words when positive meanings for the same context are available?

"score something"? Really?

herbig 11y ago

The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad.

lighttower 11y ago
> The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad. It's because you have added nothing other that your own faked outrage at the legitimate use of scoring as a way to describe attainment of a sought after goal.
- jameshart 11y ago
  Actually my genuine concern (not outrage) is primarily that someone on HN feels that the use of the word 'something' to describe a woman is remotely appropriate. I'm calling the poster out on that because I feel like if they don't have it pointed out to them that that is inappropriate they'll continue to think it's okay. It is not okay.
  - sliverstorm 11y ago
    "Something" doesn't necessarily refer to a woman. Could refer to a relationship, ala: I want something that will make my heart race, something that feels real
    - jameshart 11y ago
      I've never heard anyone describe a relationship as being 'out of their league'.
      - Trill-I-Am 11y ago
        Then you haven't spent much time in male-dominated online spaces
      - pmarreck 11y ago
        This is an extremely common expression, I thought. Google seems to indicate similarly with 847,000 results for the exact expression "out of (my OR your OR their) league". So, not sure under what rock you've been. ;) https://www.google.com/search?q=%22out+of+(my+OR+your+OR+their)+league%22 https://www.google.com/search?q=%22out+of+(my+OR+your+OR+the...

pmarreck 11y ago

Poor choice of wording. I'm 43. While this is no excuse, I suppose, I grew up in a time that was not as ridiculously P.C. as it is now. I find myself increasingly surrounded by this sort of sensitivity to any (even joking) conventionally-male analogies used when dating. I'm also a US Veteran and a member of a fraternity, two bastions of male-centrist worldview. But also, just to be clear... Disgust is a non-argument. :P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_repugnance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisdom_of_repugnance

pmarreck 11y ago

I used "something" to refer to "a relationship," which is a non-gendered thing, hence "something." My own question would be, why are you reading negative meanings into my words when positive meanings for the same context are available?