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What does the author mean by "pale, male and stale"?
by rasengan 2y ago
What does the author mean by "pale, male and stale"?
- archgoon 2y agoWhite, male and old. Example usage (found randomly by google, likely can find others): https://www.veterinarywoman.co.uk/2015/02/the-stale-pale-male-and-the-challenges-of-aging/ https://www.veterinarywoman.co.uk/2015/02/the-stale-pale-mal... Interestingly, google's search results indicate the phrase may be (currently) a UK thing (based on the domains of the results).
- thrtythreeforty 2y agoWhite, male, and older (or perhaps "out of touch"), with the rhyming indicating that he's trying not to be too serious about it.
- msh 2y agoOld white men
- lbotos 2y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DlTexEXxLQ
- samatman 2y agoIt's a sort of casual bigotry. Currently fashionable in circles which should know better.
- krapp 2y agoIt's snarky self-deprecation, and a concession about the changing demographics of the sf/f community over time, and particularly online. I seriously doubt Charles Stross is actually bigoted against white people. But of course this being Hacker News, we don't grok humor.
- yew 2y agoMeh. The neckbeards deserve it.