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What is this nonsense? Why do conference organizers need to care about finding speakers to represent fat people, for example? Is this really a tech conference?

by hasenj 10y ago

nowprovision 10y ago
We also need to consider left handed people are equally and fairly represented, for too long the privileged and dominating right handies have over-run these conferences.
- DigitalSea 10y ago
  Can't forget the left hand vegan aesthists as well. I hope they're being represented at this conference as well.
  - ben_jones 10y ago
    I'm gluten free. Am I to believe there are no gluten free options available at the conference?!
    - nowprovision 10y ago
      In response to your concerns we took a closer look at our speakers' dietary preferences.. I have good news.. In addition to adding 3 new gluten-free keynote speakers (To be announced) we removed a speaker that does not align with our mission of equally representing gluten-free. This a community conference to support collaboration among developers with different dietary preferences and we want ALL developers to feel comfortable with the dietary preferences of all our speakers particularly our keynoters. I apologise this action took 4.1 minutes to cement.We had to formulate the tweets first..
- CM30 10y ago
  Dont't forget a diverse mix of opinions, religious or political beliefs! Like more conservatives, religious folk or people with controversial viewpoints not currently represented! Oh wait. The people wanting this stuff only care about diversity of appearance, not diversity of thought.
  - nowprovision 10y ago
    Yes, some ISIS should definitely be on the speaker list.. It would have to be a meta talk as their aren't too many javascript experts in this unrepresented community.
exclusiv 10y ago
Wow. I thought you were exaggerating until I read the whole article! Completely absurd. Reminds me of all the groups in the movie PCU. Everyone's a victim these days.
wayniac 10y ago
This is the problem. I saw a tweet from someone asking for a non-white, non-cis speaker, just to fill some SJW's idea for "inclusion" because tech is traditionally white straight males. It's ridiculous. These things are becoming "fill some gender/race quota" and not "have knowledgeable speakers" because some random nobody will get offended and start a social media shitstorm about the fact there's no obese trans black woman speaker, so clearly the conference must be anti-gay, anti-black, transphobic and fatphobic cesspit.

What is this nonsense? Why do conference organizers need to care about finding speakers to represent fat people, for example? Is this really a tech conference?

by hasenj 10y ago

What is this nonsense? Why do conference organizers need to care about finding speakers to represent fat people, for example? Is this really a tech conference?

nowprovision 10y ago

We also need to consider left handed people are equally and fairly represented, for too long the privileged and dominating right handies have over-run these conferences.

DigitalSea 10y ago
Can't forget the left hand vegan aesthists as well. I hope they're being represented at this conference as well.
- ben_jones 10y ago
  I'm gluten free. Am I to believe there are no gluten free options available at the conference?!
  - nowprovision 10y ago
    In response to your concerns we took a closer look at our speakers' dietary preferences.. I have good news.. In addition to adding 3 new gluten-free keynote speakers (To be announced) we removed a speaker that does not align with our mission of equally representing gluten-free. This a community conference to support collaboration among developers with different dietary preferences and we want ALL developers to feel comfortable with the dietary preferences of all our speakers particularly our keynoters. I apologise this action took 4.1 minutes to cement.We had to formulate the tweets first..
CM30 10y ago
Dont't forget a diverse mix of opinions, religious or political beliefs! Like more conservatives, religious folk or people with controversial viewpoints not currently represented! Oh wait. The people wanting this stuff only care about diversity of appearance, not diversity of thought.
- nowprovision 10y ago
  Yes, some ISIS should definitely be on the speaker list.. It would have to be a meta talk as their aren't too many javascript experts in this unrepresented community.

exclusiv 10y ago

Wow. I thought you were exaggerating until I read the whole article! Completely absurd. Reminds me of all the groups in the movie PCU. Everyone's a victim these days.

wayniac 10y ago

This is the problem. I saw a tweet from someone asking for a non-white, non-cis speaker, just to fill some SJW's idea for "inclusion" because tech is traditionally white straight males. It's ridiculous. These things are becoming "fill some gender/race quota" and not "have knowledgeable speakers" because some random nobody will get offended and start a social media shitstorm about the fact there's no obese trans black woman speaker, so clearly the conference must be anti-gay, anti-black, transphobic and fatphobic cesspit.