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If this guy were a CTO or something sure. He was chief diversity officer though, there's gotta be a higher standard there.

jsiepkes 5y ago
True, but then again this was 14 years ago. People can change. Steve jobs had just launched the first iPhone when he made that blog post. That feels like a life time ago.
- lawnchair_larry 5y ago
  Depends how old you are. Feels like yesterday to me.
ryandrake 5y ago
How far is it OK and relevant to look back for dirt in someone's posting history? 20 years? 30? Rants to their college newspaper? High school yearbook? Today's sensitivity yardstick is much less forgiving than it was in decades past. It's getting to the point where it is safest to just not participate at all, in case something you say today becomes taboo in 30 years.
steelframe 5y ago
In 1998 I was running around Italy telling people that Joseph Smith translated magic transdimensional golden plates that a disembodied Native American spirit materialized for him. Six years later I became an atheist. I've been an atheist for 17 years now. As someone who has personally undergone an extreme change in disposition on something so fundamental with respect to how one views the cosmos, what you did or said 14 years ago is only relevant to me insofar as what your transformation story has been. More than anything though, I want to know what person you have become today. Bonus points if you used to think the opposite of what you think today, because you've managed to really grok that state of mind and figured out how to get out of it.
- stickfigure 5y ago
  Do we have any reason to believe the guy has transformed? Just from reading your one-line description of mormonism, I can tell you are 100% completely genuine. What's the equivalent for Bobb? Just saying "I regret having posted that" isn't quite the same. Maybe wearing a yamika for a few years would do it, I don't know.
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jsiepkes 5y ago

True, but then again this was 14 years ago. People can change. Steve jobs had just launched the first iPhone when he made that blog post. That feels like a life time ago.

lawnchair_larry 5y ago
Depends how old you are. Feels like yesterday to me.

ryandrake 5y ago

How far is it OK and relevant to look back for dirt in someone's posting history? 20 years? 30? Rants to their college newspaper? High school yearbook? Today's sensitivity yardstick is much less forgiving than it was in decades past. It's getting to the point where it is safest to just not participate at all, in case something you say today becomes taboo in 30 years.

steelframe 5y ago

In 1998 I was running around Italy telling people that Joseph Smith translated magic transdimensional golden plates that a disembodied Native American spirit materialized for him. Six years later I became an atheist. I've been an atheist for 17 years now. As someone who has personally undergone an extreme change in disposition on something so fundamental with respect to how one views the cosmos, what you did or said 14 years ago is only relevant to me insofar as what your transformation story has been. More than anything though, I want to know what person you have become today. Bonus points if you used to think the opposite of what you think today, because you've managed to really grok that state of mind and figured out how to get out of it.

stickfigure 5y ago
Do we have any reason to believe the guy has transformed? Just from reading your one-line description of mormonism, I can tell you are 100% completely genuine. What's the equivalent for Bobb? Just saying "I regret having posted that" isn't quite the same. Maybe wearing a yamika for a few years would do it, I don't know.
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