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So “tech bro” is a slur now? This seems a bit exaggerated

mc32 4y ago
It’s become an acceptable way of saying “tech thug”. You don’t like someone in tech, you call them a tech bro. Bro by itself is neutral. You don’t like Bill Gates due to his unethical behavior? You call him a tech bro.
- PM_me_your_math 4y ago
  But Gates doesn't look like a bro. He's more like a Tech Grandpa
  - mc32 4y ago
    Ok, in that light, we might call him a tech geezer.
- Jcowell 4y ago
  lol. You don’t call someone a thug because you don’t like them. You call someone a thug because they possess the ability to do a potential harm. Tech bros is a term for men who’s life revolves around tech.
- beepbooptheory 4y ago
  In America, Tech "bro" is clearly meant to reference fraternity culture, or at least a certain kind of male group. The guys who go on spring break and pound beers. That is, a particular kind of insulated and self-reinforcing culture that is distinctly masculine, and comes with all the presumption, chauvinism, and privilege that such a thing always entails. Not to mention treating everything with a somewhat short-term scope: so we get juicero, shitcoins, and now bank runs. Its all just binge drinking on a Sunday night before exams. I don't think the people who use this term are particularly worried about euphemism, the term is direct. Noone thinks Bill Gates is a tech bro, he is just the ealier vanguard and as such now more of a rolemodel.
  - mc32 4y ago
    I think the term you’re looking for is frat. Like a frat guy/boy, or a frat bro. Those are the guys who wanna go tear-assing during spring break. Tech bro borrows from there and applies it hamfistedly to guys who are more interested in making a quick buck, getting high on the newest go to drug, chad around, rip investors off if that’s what comes and live it up like there is no tomorrow, while the going's good. Most males in tech are not like that. His legacy is mixed, on the one hand he did democratize computing, on the other hand he had monopolistic tendencies. And now feeling guilt, he's trying to use his wealth for philanthropy to make up for his past transgressions.
    - beepbooptheory 4y ago
      I don't want to come off snarky, but what exactly do you think you are adding here in your first paragraph? It sounds like you want to correct me, but don't really say anything different. I did not make a claim about most males, but your concern about the matter is noted I guess.

mc32 4y ago

It’s become an acceptable way of saying “tech thug”. You don’t like someone in tech, you call them a tech bro. Bro by itself is neutral. You don’t like Bill Gates due to his unethical behavior? You call him a tech bro.

PM_me_your_math 4y ago
But Gates doesn't look like a bro. He's more like a Tech Grandpa
- mc32 4y ago
  Ok, in that light, we might call him a tech geezer.
Jcowell 4y ago
lol. You don’t call someone a thug because you don’t like them. You call someone a thug because they possess the ability to do a potential harm. Tech bros is a term for men who’s life revolves around tech.
beepbooptheory 4y ago
In America, Tech "bro" is clearly meant to reference fraternity culture, or at least a certain kind of male group. The guys who go on spring break and pound beers. That is, a particular kind of insulated and self-reinforcing culture that is distinctly masculine, and comes with all the presumption, chauvinism, and privilege that such a thing always entails. Not to mention treating everything with a somewhat short-term scope: so we get juicero, shitcoins, and now bank runs. Its all just binge drinking on a Sunday night before exams. I don't think the people who use this term are particularly worried about euphemism, the term is direct. Noone thinks Bill Gates is a tech bro, he is just the ealier vanguard and as such now more of a rolemodel.
- mc32 4y ago
  I think the term you’re looking for is frat. Like a frat guy/boy, or a frat bro. Those are the guys who wanna go tear-assing during spring break. Tech bro borrows from there and applies it hamfistedly to guys who are more interested in making a quick buck, getting high on the newest go to drug, chad around, rip investors off if that’s what comes and live it up like there is no tomorrow, while the going's good. Most males in tech are not like that. His legacy is mixed, on the one hand he did democratize computing, on the other hand he had monopolistic tendencies. And now feeling guilt, he's trying to use his wealth for philanthropy to make up for his past transgressions.
  - beepbooptheory 4y ago
    I don't want to come off snarky, but what exactly do you think you are adding here in your first paragraph? It sounds like you want to correct me, but don't really say anything different. I did not make a claim about most males, but your concern about the matter is noted I guess.