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Excellent reply to an almost insulting comment.

by wehadfun 10y ago

kelukelugames 10y ago
I'm surprised no one has called him a SJW yet.
- SyneRyder 10y ago
  I don't think this entirely deserves the downvotes it got. It made me finally look up what SJW means on Google/Wikipedia (I honestly didn't know), and pejorative meaning aside, I think Anil would be happy to be identified with "socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism". Some of the comments here have said Anil is 'outspoken', and it's probably fair to say he tweets a lot about politics.
  - Uhhrrr 10y ago
    The insulting component is that an SJW doesn't necessarily practice what they preach, but instead just uses any deviation from a very rigid (and not necessarily beneficial) behavior code to score points and undermine others.
    - MaysonL 10y ago
      Of course a lot of people called SJWs are not that rigid or controlling: the ones who call them that are possibly that [rigid and (con)trolling] themselves.
      - Uhhrrr 10y ago
        Of course! And a lot of people called motherfuckers do not fuck their mothers, and the ones that call them that are possible fucking mothers themselves. But I think the meanings of both "motherfucker" and "SJW" are broadly agreed upon.
anildash 10y ago
I dunno, Kim Kardashian has brought multiple wildly-successful mobile apps to market with a consistency that exceeds most publicly-traded companies trying to make mobile games. As someone who aspires to make apps that reach a broad audience, I find no slight in being compared to her.
- tommynicholas 10y ago
  Exactly. I believe it was MEANT to be insulting, but Kim K isn't the joke everyone makes her out to be. I think she's a genius. Whether you agree with the image she puts out and how it may impact culture, she's totally in control at all times and has turned her fame into commercial success better than almost anyone in recent history.
  - askafriend 10y ago
    I absolutely agree. She's done what many with far more resources and VC funding haven't been able to do. Just the way she was able to build her now incredibly strong brand over the years is a testament to her knowing exactly what she's doing. She then successfully leveraged that to build very successful apps and games that people love playing and using. Many many people with far more fame and brand appeal than her haven't been able to replicate this and probably couldn't if they tried.
    - tommynicholas 10y ago
      She was briefly "famous for being famous", but not particularly famous at that point. Her empire was built based on her (and her family and her organization's) fantastic execution from then until now.
  - ghhtyt112 10y ago
    She probably is smart. Dig this: She knew someone was there was a leak to the yellowrags of some of her privately circulated pic, among friends and family. So when her baby was born, she sent different pics to different friends. She did the equivalent of <email>.$site@gmail.com to smoke out the sellout.
objectivistbrit 10y ago
He was involved in the Pax Dickinson affair a few years ago. I am very tempted to write my own thoughts on the issue, but rather than start a political flamewar, I'll simply link to both men's side of the story: http://anildash.com/2013/09/my-meeting-with-pax.html http://anildash.com/2013/09/my-meeting-with-pax.html https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/moral-panics-and-the-death-of-fun/ https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/moral-panics-a... (My 2c: though I'm on the political right and agree that tech is becoming increasingly hostile to non-liberal ideas, I think many of Pax's ideas are quite weird).
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Excellent reply to an almost insulting comment.

kelukelugames 10y ago

I'm surprised no one has called him a SJW yet.

SyneRyder 10y ago
I don't think this entirely deserves the downvotes it got. It made me finally look up what SJW means on Google/Wikipedia (I honestly didn't know), and pejorative meaning aside, I think Anil would be happy to be identified with "socially progressive views, including feminism, civil rights, multiculturalism". Some of the comments here have said Anil is 'outspoken', and it's probably fair to say he tweets a lot about politics.
- Uhhrrr 10y ago
  The insulting component is that an SJW doesn't necessarily practice what they preach, but instead just uses any deviation from a very rigid (and not necessarily beneficial) behavior code to score points and undermine others.
  - MaysonL 10y ago
    Of course a lot of people called SJWs are not that rigid or controlling: the ones who call them that are possibly that [rigid and (con)trolling] themselves.
    - Uhhrrr 10y ago
      Of course! And a lot of people called motherfuckers do not fuck their mothers, and the ones that call them that are possible fucking mothers themselves. But I think the meanings of both "motherfucker" and "SJW" are broadly agreed upon.

anildash 10y ago

I dunno, Kim Kardashian has brought multiple wildly-successful mobile apps to market with a consistency that exceeds most publicly-traded companies trying to make mobile games. As someone who aspires to make apps that reach a broad audience, I find no slight in being compared to her.

tommynicholas 10y ago
Exactly. I believe it was MEANT to be insulting, but Kim K isn't the joke everyone makes her out to be. I think she's a genius. Whether you agree with the image she puts out and how it may impact culture, she's totally in control at all times and has turned her fame into commercial success better than almost anyone in recent history.
- askafriend 10y ago
  I absolutely agree. She's done what many with far more resources and VC funding haven't been able to do. Just the way she was able to build her now incredibly strong brand over the years is a testament to her knowing exactly what she's doing. She then successfully leveraged that to build very successful apps and games that people love playing and using. Many many people with far more fame and brand appeal than her haven't been able to replicate this and probably couldn't if they tried.
  - tommynicholas 10y ago
    She was briefly "famous for being famous", but not particularly famous at that point. Her empire was built based on her (and her family and her organization's) fantastic execution from then until now.
- ghhtyt112 10y ago
  She probably is smart. Dig this: She knew someone was there was a leak to the yellowrags of some of her privately circulated pic, among friends and family. So when her baby was born, she sent different pics to different friends. She did the equivalent of <email>.$site@gmail.com to smoke out the sellout.

objectivistbrit 10y ago

He was involved in the Pax Dickinson affair a few years ago. I am very tempted to write my own thoughts on the issue, but rather than start a political flamewar, I'll simply link to both men's side of the story: http://anildash.com/2013/09/my-meeting-with-pax.html http://anildash.com/2013/09/my-meeting-with-pax.html https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/moral-panics-and-the-death-of-fun/ https://paxdickinson.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/moral-panics-a... (My 2c: though I'm on the political right and agree that tech is becoming increasingly hostile to non-liberal ideas, I think many of Pax's ideas are quite weird).

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