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Check your hangups at the door man. I love being a gopher and a rustacean. I like being cute and having a cute name for myself and fellow community members. It'
by ghthor 9y ago
Check your hangups at the door man. I love being a gopher and a rustacean. I like being cute and having a cute name for myself and fellow community members. It's attitudes like this that created the massive gender divide in CS and it needs to end.
- reificator 9y agoI'm sorry, what? I apologize if it comes off as sexist, because that's not my intent. Cutesy labels trip my cultometer. Hard. It's a creepy indoctrination technique, and I'm incredibly uncomfortable with it, especially after having grown up in a very gaslit home.
- lucozade 9y agoIt's not entirely clear from your comment which gender(s) you were stereotyping. Could you elaborate?
- reificator 9y agoOn the (very cold) ride into work this morning I realized my mistake. I did not mean to say that being cute needs to go away. If you want to have a teddybear on your desk called Mr. Snuggles, that doesn't bother me in the least. What bothers me is cutesy labels like what we're talking about here. They're so commonly used in a manipulative manner that I have trouble seeing them as anything other than scary. I don't like them for when people watch TV or listen to music or use a programming language. And I despise them when companies try to act like there's a strong bond between employees by breaking them out. Very, very creepy. Please don't contribute to that. That's all I wanted to convey.
- 7scan 9y agoCan you provide examples of this manipulative manner in which they are used? I'm having a hard time understanding your justification.