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Just what women want: coddling from an internet forum they'll never read. The idea that people should avoid making the same cynical internet comments they alwa
by hombre_fatal 6y ago
Just what women want: coddling from an internet forum they'll never read.
The idea that people should avoid making the same cynical internet comments they always write because it's an African woman that made a thing all by herself is incredibly patronizing, so it concerns me how socially acceptable it is.
- ropable 6y agoMy comment isn't for her; it's for everyone here. I don't know you, but I know me: a well-educated, middle-class white man, aged 25-44 y.o. in a Western country. I'll bet that demographic covers a majority of contributors on HN. We're mostly playing life on Easy Mode, and this woman is mostly playing life on Hard Mode. I'm happy to call out comments here when I think that they're punching down. That should be socially acceptable.
- azekai 6y agoThis kind of thinking is so unhelpful. You are complaining that she is being bullied by keyboard warriors. Easy mode/Hard mode? What are you talking about? Fundamentally, the only question here worth considering is whether the idea of turning plastic trash into building bricks a good idea or a bad one. This question isn't altered the inventor's genetalia or skin color.