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Another fine example for the blatant implicit sexism of IT bro culture. We all know that is was a girl sitting in a small café in Rickmansworth that happened on

by fhars 6y ago

Another fine example for the blatant implicit sexism of IT bro culture. We all know that is was a girl sitting in a small café in Rickmansworth that happened on the solution, not the most brilliant man.

justarandomq 6y ago
noun: man; plural noun: men; 1. an adult male human being. 2. a human being of either sex; a person.
- fhars 6y ago
  An "his mind", "his study" or "his son" is obviously the second meaning...
  - justarandomq 6y ago
    Oh. You'd be right in that. But you're the one that brought up sexism in the first case! Perhaps it's prejudiced in itself to assume implicit evil from the choice of characters in a story? Not to mention it detracts from the central discussion, which may explain downvotes. > Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - cyphar 6y ago
      It seemed pretty clear to me that it was a light-hearted joke, referencing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[1]: > “And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.” [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79195-and-then-one-thursday-nearly-two-thousand-years-after-one https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79195-and-then-one-thursday...
      - justarandomq 6y ago
        Sokath, his eyes uncovered
MrStonedOne 6y ago
poe?
hmry 6y ago
Huh, it seems HN really isn't the place for jokes, if it wasn't obvious from everyone taking the article seriously.

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Another fine example for the blatant implicit sexism of IT bro culture. We all know that is was a girl sitting in a small café in Rickmansworth that happened on

by fhars 6y ago

justarandomq 6y ago
noun: man; plural noun: men; 1. an adult male human being. 2. a human being of either sex; a person.
- fhars 6y ago
  An "his mind", "his study" or "his son" is obviously the second meaning...
  - justarandomq 6y ago
    Oh. You'd be right in that. But you're the one that brought up sexism in the first case! Perhaps it's prejudiced in itself to assume implicit evil from the choice of characters in a story? Not to mention it detracts from the central discussion, which may explain downvotes. > Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - cyphar 6y ago
      It seemed pretty clear to me that it was a light-hearted joke, referencing the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy[1]: > “And then, one Thursday, nearly two thousand years after one man had been nailed to a tree for saying how great it would be to be nice to people for a change, a girl sitting on her own in a small café in Rickmansworth suddenly realized what it was that had been going wrong all this time, and she finally knew how the world could be made a good and happy place. This time it was right, it would work, and no one would have to get nailed to anything.” [1]: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79195-and-then-one-thursday-nearly-two-thousand-years-after-one https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/79195-and-then-one-thursday...
      - justarandomq 6y ago
        Sokath, his eyes uncovered
MrStonedOne 6y ago
poe?
hmry 6y ago
Huh, it seems HN really isn't the place for jokes, if it wasn't obvious from everyone taking the article seriously.