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They got rid of an asshole for a mere $5k. I've seen people pay 100x more than that in extreme cases. A great bargain!
by staunch 15y ago
They got rid of an asshole for a mere $5k. I've seen people pay 100x more than that in extreme cases.
A great bargain!
- wvoq 15y agoHalf of the world sucks cock. What's your problem with it?
- pavel_lishin 15y ago> Half of the world sucks cock. [ citation needed ] Or were you trying to cleverly point out the sexism in his comment, while completely missing out on your own?
- wvoq 15y agoWhere's the sexism in my comment? I'm not assuming that straight women are doing all the cock-sucking, nor am I neglecting the existence of gay men, lesbians, bisexual folks of all stripes, asexual people or other people who just plain don't suck cock. I'm just assuming, to a first approximation, that their contributions toward aggregate cock-sucking cancel out. If roughly half of the world has penises, then some half, and not necessarily the _other_ half, of the world is sucking them. I'm not trying to be snide, I just suspect you're assuming a reading of my comment that I don't endorse. Plenty of people besides straight women suck cock, and the world is better for it. I'm merely pointing out that the term "cocksucker", when used as a term of derogation, is actually pretty unsavory.
- lwat 15y ago> I'm merely pointing out that the term "cocksucker", when used as a term of derogation, is actually pretty unsavory. What the fuck
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- wvoq 15y agoYou're implying that it's shameful to suck cocks. Could you offer some other reading of the term? EDIT: I'd also be grateful to anyone who could explain why I've gotten more downvotes for this than for all other comments here in two years.
- ars 15y agowvoq your account is dead now, so no one can see or reply to any of your new posts. Anyway, you are getting downmodded for two reasons: 1: because staunch edited his post so your reply no longer makes any sense. 2: Your reply was totally offtopic.
- wvoq 15y agoThanks for your reply, if you can even read this. While it's unclear to me whether it's ever off-topic to point out problematic slurs (would you think similarly if the OP had written "they got rid of a faggot..."?), I guess this exchange signals a mutual agreement between myself and the modal HN user about whether we want to interact.
- kayman 15y agoI think 5k is cheap. And lesson learned here is don't bring ppl on unless they bring a valuable skill set to the team. Because when people hear "startups" they don't see creating something good, they see a lottery ticket hoping to be on bandwagon of the next facebook IPO.
- Confusion 15y agoI see no reason whatsoever to suppose this guy was an asshole. He may have been mistaken about what he could bring to the table to be a part of this startup, but that doesn't make one an asshole. As 'wheels' says in another comment: he did some work and now that there is money, he thinks it is reasonable he gets some payment for that work. The amount he asked for is reasonable as well.
- GFischer 15y agoThe article says they "bounced ideas off him". That usually has a cost if a lawyer is involved. So he did do some work as you say, it ended up costing them.