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Thank god there's a picture of a fat dude on the page. Had it been a picture of a hot girl in a bikini and we'd hear drama about this for a week.
by railsdude 14y ago
Thank god there's a picture of a fat dude on the page. Had it been a picture of a hot girl in a bikini and we'd hear drama about this for a week.
- mikenyc 14y agoWe have some women on the team at Craft Coffee, and let's just say that you are correct, sir.
- colinyoung 14y agoSmart man.
- patrickaljord 14y agoNobody ever got fired for making fun of slightly overweight white men.
- stwe 14y agoThere is already drama, apparently they only address this to guys. How about "Grab your bikini"?
- sp332 14y agoI thought of this, but I think it's OK in the context of the joke. (And technically, Speedo might stereotypically be associated with men, but they make stuff for women too.)
- white_devil 14y agoI sure hope at least one of you is being sarcastic.
- rohamg 14y agowouldn't be so sure..
- sp332 14y agoNo, I don't think so. There's a tendency in tech circles to act like programmers etc. are just men. It's not malicious but it makes women feel invisible, which is a factor in the gender imbalance in tech. So as part of the effort to get more women into tech, we're self-conscious about thoughtless (not generally malicious) actions that make women feel less welcome. I would definitely consider a serious headline saying "grab your speedo, we're sending you to Brazil" as unintentionally making women feel forgotten. But again, since it's a just a joke about a photo, it's not really a problem in this case.
- mikenyc 14y agoFor the record, we're happy to talk to women developers. And it was women who designed and wrote the copy for the site.
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