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"My blog is my public face to the world and if I post something horribly offensive here, my brand goes with it." Friendly advice: folks might be more inclined
by logjam 15y ago
"My blog is my public face to the world and if I post something horribly offensive here, my brand goes with it."
Friendly advice: folks might be more inclined to take your advice and your "brand" as something actually post-adolescent if your public face to the world consisted of choices of words other than your odd, repeated use of variants of the word "douche" in your writing and in the headline you self-posted here on HN....not amusing and actually offensive to many women and men.
- jasonshen 15y agoThanks for the advice. I recognize that not everyone will jive with my style or choice of words, but similar to Zach Holman's use of swear words, I chose to pick the word that I feel works best. I think most people are familiar with the term "douche" or "douchebag" and that it's usage is similar to "bastard" -- very far removed from the original meaning. I certainly don't mean to offend anyone but like I mention with the case study of Amit - it's pretty much impossible to please everyone.
- pamelafox 15y agoThere's actually an entire podcast on "Savage Love" dedicated to the subject of whether "douchebag" is offensive to women. Many women called in and said that since douching has been discovered to be harmful to the vagina, it's good that douchebag is used as an insult, because it reinforces that douching is a bad thing, hopefully discouraging women from partaking in it. Doesn't mean that people won't be offended by it still, but an interesting way to think about it.
- jasonshen 15y agoReally interesting. I could see an argument being made there. I think the bigger thing is that douche is relatively disconnected with women. It's not as direct as, for instance, calling someone a "pussy", which is more directly negative toward females.