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If there was EVER any doubt about the demographics of HN... Let this be a lesson to everyone that we work and live in a massive bubble.

cocoa19 7y ago
Why don't you explain him rather than demonizing him in front of all HN audience. Treat others as you'd like to be treated.
- AWildC182 7y ago
  Plenty of other people already explained. I decided to leverage this as a teaching moment.
  - H8crilA 7y ago
    Thank you for the kind lesson. I genuinely didn't know.
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- dabbledash 7y ago
  I agree that ignorance of other peoples’ experiences isn’t a blameworthy thing. But it does demonstrate one reason diversity is important. A smart person acting in good faith can miss things that are completely obvious to people with different life experiences. We all only know what it’s like to be us.
- anigbrowl 7y ago
  It's such a basic question that it would be better to do an internet search or read the wikipedia article on the topic. You might as well ask why heart attacks are a big deal.
  - H8crilA 7y ago
    I might as well ask what are heart attack apps useful for. I wouldn't know what are heart attacks apps for.
    - nosianu 7y ago
      Strange/stretched comparison. Menstruation is all about the cycle. Even as a man one would/should know because the basic methods of avoiding pregnancy when having sex should be of interest to men too. Because of the importance of that cycle its also indicative for a woman's health in general (lots of hormonal changes within the cycle; regular blood loss too). Heart attacks are just point-events on the other hand, they happen and that's that. So knowing full well what a menstruation app is useful for one would still not understand what a similar app for heart attacks could possibly even mean. Calculate your heart attack window? That would be something new indeed, so you are right not to see the point. Just as there is no point in using heart attacks to understand the menstruation cycle.
ben509 7y ago
One data point is the demographics of HN?
1123581321 7y ago
I think this thread suggests that is not the case, at least as I’m seeing it now. The ratio of informed to ignorant comments is unremarkable for HN.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Wait until you see posts about unaffordable housing in Silicon Valley and you see HN posters wondering how anyone can live off the $100-$160K salaries developers in most of the metro areas in the US make....
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throwaway666666 7y ago
No we don't. Most of my colleagues are women and "people of color", just because someone is uneducated doesn't mean they live in a bubble or hate women or whatever insane feminist dribble is being propagated as flavor of the month.
lacampbell 7y ago
Your post is much, much more indicative of the demographics of HN and what sort of a bubble people live in than the grandparent.

cocoa19 7y ago

Why don't you explain him rather than demonizing him in front of all HN audience. Treat others as you'd like to be treated.

AWildC182 7y ago
Plenty of other people already explained. I decided to leverage this as a teaching moment.
- H8crilA 7y ago
  Thank you for the kind lesson. I genuinely didn't know.
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dabbledash 7y ago
I agree that ignorance of other peoples’ experiences isn’t a blameworthy thing. But it does demonstrate one reason diversity is important. A smart person acting in good faith can miss things that are completely obvious to people with different life experiences. We all only know what it’s like to be us.
anigbrowl 7y ago
It's such a basic question that it would be better to do an internet search or read the wikipedia article on the topic. You might as well ask why heart attacks are a big deal.
- H8crilA 7y ago
  I might as well ask what are heart attack apps useful for. I wouldn't know what are heart attacks apps for.
  - nosianu 7y ago
    Strange/stretched comparison. Menstruation is all about the cycle. Even as a man one would/should know because the basic methods of avoiding pregnancy when having sex should be of interest to men too. Because of the importance of that cycle its also indicative for a woman's health in general (lots of hormonal changes within the cycle; regular blood loss too). Heart attacks are just point-events on the other hand, they happen and that's that. So knowing full well what a menstruation app is useful for one would still not understand what a similar app for heart attacks could possibly even mean. Calculate your heart attack window? That would be something new indeed, so you are right not to see the point. Just as there is no point in using heart attacks to understand the menstruation cycle.

ben509 7y ago

One data point is the demographics of HN?

1123581321 7y ago

I think this thread suggests that is not the case, at least as I’m seeing it now. The ratio of informed to ignorant comments is unremarkable for HN.

scarface74 7y ago
Wait until you see posts about unaffordable housing in Silicon Valley and you see HN posters wondering how anyone can live off the $100-$160K salaries developers in most of the metro areas in the US make....

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throwaway666666 7y ago

No we don't. Most of my colleagues are women and "people of color", just because someone is uneducated doesn't mean they live in a bubble or hate women or whatever insane feminist dribble is being propagated as flavor of the month.

lacampbell 7y ago

Your post is much, much more indicative of the demographics of HN and what sort of a bubble people live in than the grandparent.