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It would probably have been appropriate to start off with a warning that the content would deal in off-color double-entendres, giving attendees with different s

It would probably have been appropriate to start off with a warning that the content would deal in off-color double-entendres, giving attendees with different sensibilities a few moments to leave and go to another session. And maybe a warning in the program beyond the name of the session.

yummyfajitas 15y ago
If only the author had some way of knowing she might be offended. Then this whole incident might have been avoided! Oh wait, never mind: "I sat down to listen to a talk that I could tell by the title of the talk, was going to be inappropriate. I thought to myself, I’m at a respectful Mac conference... I’m sure it will be ok...The speaker prefaced his talk by basically stating there was a little substance, but that most of the topics were being presented simply because of the sexual or otherwise inappropriate jokes that could be formed from the topics..." The author is being quite inconsistent here. On the one hand, she thought she was at a "respectful Mac conference". On the other hand: ...this experience and other similar encounters I have had in the last three years as a Mac developer... So even though she's previously been exposed to dirty jokes before at mac events, she still thinks that "I’m at a respectful Mac conference...I’m sure it will be ok."
- gburt 15y ago
  She went looking for a fight, she found one.
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- jonhendry 15y ago
  In this case, it's just a little bit conceivable that the "dirty words" in the session title could refer to "things to avoid", like over-releasing objects, excess drawing, etc. Or the "dirty words" might be private APIs, which like actual dirty words would get your app rejected by Apple, but might be of interest to people writing for jailbroken devices. So in the case of this session's title, there are conceivable alternate interpretations that a person might hope to be the case. Thus, if a session is going to involve double entendres or ribald humor, it would be best to indicate so in the conference materials, so that attendees can best decide what to attend. (The problem with this would be if session presenters all wound up adding less-appropriate material)

yummyfajitas 15y ago

If only the author had some way of knowing she might be offended. Then this whole incident might have been avoided! Oh wait, never mind: "I sat down to listen to a talk that I could tell by the title of the talk, was going to be inappropriate. I thought to myself, I’m at a respectful Mac conference... I’m sure it will be ok...The speaker prefaced his talk by basically stating there was a little substance, but that most of the topics were being presented simply because of the sexual or otherwise inappropriate jokes that could be formed from the topics..." The author is being quite inconsistent here. On the one hand, she thought she was at a "respectful Mac conference". On the other hand: ...this experience and other similar encounters I have had in the last three years as a Mac developer... So even though she's previously been exposed to dirty jokes before at mac events, she still thinks that "I’m at a respectful Mac conference...I’m sure it will be ok."

gburt 15y ago
She went looking for a fight, she found one.
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jonhendry 15y ago
In this case, it's just a little bit conceivable that the "dirty words" in the session title could refer to "things to avoid", like over-releasing objects, excess drawing, etc. Or the "dirty words" might be private APIs, which like actual dirty words would get your app rejected by Apple, but might be of interest to people writing for jailbroken devices. So in the case of this session's title, there are conceivable alternate interpretations that a person might hope to be the case. Thus, if a session is going to involve double entendres or ribald humor, it would be best to indicate so in the conference materials, so that attendees can best decide what to attend. (The problem with this would be if session presenters all wound up adding less-appropriate material)