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kind of agree - its the same "humour" which devolved TV like big bang theory into canned laughter shit-shows - poking fun of "virgin nerds" (which make bank).

• neilv 3y ago
  And worse. When, say, GvR was a kid, it was normal in many schools for nerds to be bullied. Imagine someone doing this game back then, in that context, passing it around school (before cyberbullying), and it'd be pretty nasty. We can say "but computer programming is OK, now that it's a status career that rich kids have blessed as cool, and kids don't get bullied like that in school so much, so now it's funny in a non-bullying way", I guess. Still feels like punching-down, to me, but not everyone knows the earlier context.
  • lo_zamoyski 3y ago
    It sounds like you're the one doing the punching down by tacitly assuming that who write software are or were wimpy, creepy nerds. If that's not a stereotype, than I don't know what is. And trust me, there are plenty of bullies in tech. Don't worry. There's no one needing to be rescued here.
    • wiseowise 3y ago
      Stopping calling people “wimpy, creepy nerds” would be a good start.