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“On the plus side we’ll no longer be homeless and we’l [sic] be able to focus on building what we’re building.” Does anyone else feel uncomfortable when SF tec
by huac 10y ago
“On the plus side we’ll no longer be homeless and we’l [sic] be able to focus on building what we’re building.”
Does anyone else feel uncomfortable when SF tech workers, in this case a CEO of an acquired startup, talk about homelessness in this way? Trivializing a very real problem to nothing more than a 'headache' or 'distraction' from the greater goal of, I guess, funding more startups?
- csallen 10y agoNo, because I believe the use of analogy and hyperbole are obvious enough that one would have to intentionally misinterpret this statement as trivializing homelessness in order to take offense.
- tdb7893 10y agoHe is talking about how his company literally didn't have an office and the tone wasn't derogatory in any way so it doesn't bother me.
- visakanv 10y ago> Does anyone else feel uncomfortable when SF tech workers, in this case a CEO of an acquired startup, talk about homelessness in this way? I recognize it as a tone-deaf thing to say, probably from someone who's never actually experienced real homelessness. But I also recognize that there's no malice in the statement. Language isn't a universal thing, and different words mean different things to different people. I wouldn't pick a fight over it. People unintentionally trivialize others all the time without meaning to; I'm sure I've done it myself in the past week. The challenge (I think) is to be sensitive to it but also to not be too self-righteous about it.
- strong_code 10y agoI live in the same building as Ryan, and while I do not know his personal financial situation, I know that he isn't scraping the bottom of the barrel in regards to apartment rents. The average rent of a unit in my building is ~$2500.
- orky56 10y agoIt just contributes to the disconnect PH & SV have to the bigger issues at their doorstep.