> People need to fucking lighten up. >But then there are other things, like the stuff Sqoot said on their event page. Psh, just a harmless JOKE. Pick your batt

> People need to fucking lighten up. >But then there are other things, like the stuff Sqoot said on their event page. Psh, just a harmless JOKE. Pick your battles people. I have a lot of problems with your rant, but I wanted to respond to these in particular. When I saw their flyer, it didn't read as a joke. It read as “One good reason to attend this event is that there will be women there who we're paying to serve you beer.” I guess I might have missed something, but this sounds like it was something they planned to do. So, not a joke. What does this tell me? The target audience for this event is men. Of course others can come, but really it caters to men. Why is that a problem? Because the development community has historically been dominated by men, and has various cultural elements that are not very welcoming toward women. So then to put on a prominent hackathon, and explicitly say “Hey, and really this for the men out there” is a problem for me.