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There's was an incident a while back where 2 engineers were joking between themselves about a "big dongle" and the woman seated in the row ahead heard it, turn
by okareaman 6y ago
There's was an incident a while back where 2 engineers were joking between themselves about a "big dongle" and the woman seated in the row ahead heard it, turn around, took their picture and posted it online. It ruined everyone's life including hers. I thought we learned from this that airing things publicly is fraught with danger. I imagine there is a time and place for it, but very carefully with intention.
https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/21/a-dongle-joke-that-spiraled-way-out-of-control/ https://techcrunch.com/2013/03/21/a-dongle-joke-that-spirale...
- morelisp 6y ago> It ruined everyone's life including hers. Source? Last I heard the two men were hired elsewhere fairly quickly. Their names are also hardly ever associated with the story.
- bigbubba 6y agoAnd she still has her health and family so it's not like her life was ruined; talk about hyperbole!
- okareaman 6y agoAt the time I remember quite clearly that everyone felt wrecked by this incident. I forgot that when you say someone's life is ruined, people translate that to mean ruined permanently. It's not like she got drunk and killed someone with her car.
- bigbubba 6y agoYeah, I agree that your characterization of the situation is fair. If I went through what they went through, I think I would find it fairly traumatic.
- worker767424 6y agoShe's working under another name professionally now, so she's doing okay enough.
- casefields 6y agoThey commented on HN at the time. 7 years later and this incident is still brought up which I gotta imagine is making them cringe right now. Don't make genitalia jokes unless you have balls of steel.
- joshxyz 6y agoOh man what a classic