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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
by 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 agoI've never heard anyone describe a relationship as being 'out of their league'.
- Trill-I-Am 11y agoThen you haven't spent much time in male-dominated online spaces
- pmarreck 11y agoThis 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...