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Matt something-or-other gave a presentation at golden gate ruby conference titled something like making couch db perform like a porn star. He then filled the s
by earl 16y ago
Matt something-or-other gave a presentation at golden gate ruby conference titled something like making couch db perform like a porn star. He then filled the slides with gratuitous pictures of mostly-naked women. When told that women were offended by seeing a supposedly professional conference covered with T&A like a frat boy circle jerk, Matt basically told them they were being too sensitive. He finally apologized, though I'm dubious about the sincerity and doubt most people understand why filling slides with mostly naked women like that is a problem. Given he's now cracking jokes about it on his twitter page, I'm pretty sure my doubts were right.
Cue the internet mysogynist brigade to bitch on behalf of Matt for getting called on acting like a 12 year old asshole who's lived in the basement with his dad's playboys for his whole life.
- chc 16y agoThe point of the pictures was not to titillate — they were precisely equivalent to the silly cat pictures and Dilbert cartoons used to add levity to many presentations. It didn't go over well, but it's going way too far to insult Matt over a joke that fell flat — there was nothing woman-belittling about it, just some people aren't comfortable with silly pictures of (clothed) porn stars, including a male actor IIRC. Modulo that one presentation, Matt's contributions to the Ruby community have been quite substantial and always a class act.