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Or make a private joke to your friend about a dongle.

• projektfu 6y ago
  Did that work out well for him in the end?
  • dilandau 6y ago
    No I would not say it did. Being publicly shamed, kicked out of a conference, fired, and having your name posted all over the place are the kinds of things that tend to stay with you. Remember, we're talking about a stupid dick joke between friends.
    • ghaff 6y ago
      The whole thing got way out of hand and I'm sure it was very stressful. On the other hand, I understand he had a new job in short order. (On still the other hand, the person who kicked the whole thing off was also fired and AFAIK was basically locked out of the industry--at least in any public role.)
• blaser-waffle 6y ago
  explain
  • ls612 6y ago
    Several years ago two guys (who iirc were friends and there together) were at some industry conference and one whispered to the other a suggestive joke about dongles. A woman (who I believe was a complete stranger to both of them) was sitting a few rows back and heard them and posted on Twitter how these guys were horrible misogynists and etc and got the Twitter mob to attack them.
  • smnrchrds 6y ago
    https://arstechnica.com/staff/2013/03/donglegate-is-classic-overreaction-and-everyone-pays/ https://arstechnica.com/staff/2013/03/donglegate-is-classic-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5391667