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What is a "SF tech bro"? It's a scapegoat boogieman. A tool of techies in SF to manage their cognitive dissonance. There are things everyone else in the city
by forgottenpass 11y ago
What is a "SF tech bro"?
It's a scapegoat boogieman. A tool of techies in SF to manage their cognitive dissonance.
There are things everyone else in the city hates the startup/tech scene at large for. There are also people progressives hate for their not-progressive-enough views, and some of them have the gall to work in tech. When either of those (or any other number of criticisms) are stereotypically "bro" (or close enough), the people within startups/tech can blame it on the "tech bros."
It is meant as a slur. But bros are just a convenient and useful stereotype to blame. If it wasn't them, it'd be something else. "Tech bros" just happens to be OK to openly deride, because the identity has no social power within "tech" (whatever that means).
- carapace 11y agoCo-worker of mine, actual quote: "Yeah, I know there's a pay disparity, and women are paid less than men. But really, socially, they have all the power." THAT, my friend is a "tech bro" and he's in SF.
- forgottenpass 11y agoDoes he even lift? Maybe he's a neckbeard instead for having that view. I mean, as long as we're throwing sterotypes around, maybe that one fits better.
- carapace 11y agoHe's from Chicago. He's already had a car window busted by a (punk-ass) angry cyclist. He's actually a good guy, there's nothing wrong with him. But yeah, from my POV he's "right out of the stereotype catalog". The vast majority of people are basically doing their best, but they (we, I) have a really hard time getting outside their own head.