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He may be a wonderful person, but if he genuinely thinks being a straight white guy in the US is harder than being gay, he's not as clever as he thinks he is.
by rodgerd 9y ago
He may be a wonderful person, but if he genuinely thinks being a straight white guy in the US is harder than being gay, he's not as clever as he thinks he is.
- kamilner 9y agoI'm not sure what about this thread precipitated this comment, but it sounds like you'll be relieved to discover he doesn't think that.
- DanBC 9y agoPossibly when zerogravitas says "It's hard to summarize, but he made a comment about how being a nerdy straight male was harder than being a woman or gay".
- Sacho 9y agoYou(or GP) seem to be implying that all straight white males are nerdy, or that being nerdy has no effect on the hardship you face in life. Which one is it?
- jacalata 9y agoIt probably wasn't prompted by this thread, but by Scott's previous quotes about how he was, as a nerdy male, among the least privileged in society.
- sctb 9y agoWe detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14966371 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14966371 and marked it off-topic.