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OP seems to imply developers that order soy milk for their latte are on average poor developers. I’d find that correlation to be quite unlikely.

pavlov 4y ago
It's a sexist alt-right meme because they associate soy with estrogen. In this imagined causality, someone who consumes soy milk would be more feminine, and of course women are bad programmers.
- dumbaccount123 4y ago
  Sexist really? seems like you have a preconceived ideas in your head. Stop strawmanning. Also its not that serious.
  - alchemist1e9 4y ago
    Could you try to explain the link to soy milk? When I think of people who order soy milk, I think they are likely to be lactose intolerant, which then I would associate with being less likely to be northern European ancestry, which then I might associate that with likely to be harder working and maybe marginally better developers, so I’d guess the relationship might be opposite to your suggestion. Full disclosure I’m 100% northern European ancestry, 42.75% English, 37.5% Irish, 6.25% Danish. Plenty of hard working developers with similar ancestry to me, neither the less, the stereotype would be Asian developers are harder working, certainly the bosses often think that, to the point that I’ve observed what I would categorize as pro Asian biases. Anyway, I’m guessing soy latte ordering is likely positively correlated to developer performance. Not negatively as you suggest.
- Slighted 4y ago
  >sexist alt-right meme Don't make me laugh. "Alt-right" is a stupid, nonsensical term made up by news corporations to serve as a convenient boogeyman, and the meme itself isn't sexist in the slightest. Elevated estrogen levels in men ARE detrimental for numerous reasons. This has nothing to do with women, period. Soy is associated with elevated estrogen levels because of phytoestrogens. Whether or not they actually affect the human endocrine system isn't clear, but you can't deny the customers of Soylent products all share... similar traits.
- rvz 4y ago
  > It's a sexist alt-right meme because they associate soy with estrogen. ??? > In this imagined causality, someone who consumes soy milk would be more feminine, and of course women are bad programmers. You're looking too deep into this. It is you who is implying that.

pavlov 4y ago

It's a sexist alt-right meme because they associate soy with estrogen. In this imagined causality, someone who consumes soy milk would be more feminine, and of course women are bad programmers.

dumbaccount123 4y ago
Sexist really? seems like you have a preconceived ideas in your head. Stop strawmanning. Also its not that serious.
- alchemist1e9 4y ago
  Could you try to explain the link to soy milk? When I think of people who order soy milk, I think they are likely to be lactose intolerant, which then I would associate with being less likely to be northern European ancestry, which then I might associate that with likely to be harder working and maybe marginally better developers, so I’d guess the relationship might be opposite to your suggestion. Full disclosure I’m 100% northern European ancestry, 42.75% English, 37.5% Irish, 6.25% Danish. Plenty of hard working developers with similar ancestry to me, neither the less, the stereotype would be Asian developers are harder working, certainly the bosses often think that, to the point that I’ve observed what I would categorize as pro Asian biases. Anyway, I’m guessing soy latte ordering is likely positively correlated to developer performance. Not negatively as you suggest.
Slighted 4y ago
>sexist alt-right meme Don't make me laugh. "Alt-right" is a stupid, nonsensical term made up by news corporations to serve as a convenient boogeyman, and the meme itself isn't sexist in the slightest. Elevated estrogen levels in men ARE detrimental for numerous reasons. This has nothing to do with women, period. Soy is associated with elevated estrogen levels because of phytoestrogens. Whether or not they actually affect the human endocrine system isn't clear, but you can't deny the customers of Soylent products all share... similar traits.
rvz 4y ago
> It's a sexist alt-right meme because they associate soy with estrogen. ??? > In this imagined causality, someone who consumes soy milk would be more feminine, and of course women are bad programmers. You're looking too deep into this. It is you who is implying that.