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This is just the weirdest subject choice for a demo

unfamiliar 3mo ago
Absolutely deranged
dang 3mo ago
Edit: if hnlmorg's reply is accurate then I take this back! --- This is likely a cultural mismatch. I'd bet this demo was made by someone far away from the countries that most HN users are from. From a few years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098): that's a hidden source of conflict, because people frequently misinterpret a conventional comment coming from a different region for an extreme comment coming from nearby.
- swiftcoder 3mo ago
  I don't know, man - sexism is a pretty universal concept, and the author has lived/worked in the US, so its not like he's never watched one of those sexual harassment training videos...
- praash 3mo ago
  Dan, your HN comments are a collection of beautiful essays that is becoming a reference library for healthy discourse. I think it deserves a dedicated website.
  - dang 3mo ago
    I'm glad that somebody reads them!
    - dredmorbius 3mo ago
      Oh, we do, closely ;-)
- deleted 3mo ago
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- hnlmorg 3mo ago
  Normally I’d be the first to argue for cultural diversity. However I don’t know of any culture that would consider masturbation an appropriate theme for a tech demo. Even the articles on here that are very specifically about adult content (such as advertising on porn sites) have been more tasteful than some of the demos on this project. So I can only conclude that this submission isn’t the result of cultural bias. Unless you consider “immaturity” a culture. But then you have to ask yourself if that’s a culture you want to promote in HN.
  - dang 3mo ago
    > masturbation an appropriate theme for a tech demo. Oof, I didn't see any of that. I was reacting to the boy/girl stuff at the beginning, which is the sort of thing that is still conventional in some places. If I had seen the level of weirdness that you describe, I wouldn't have posted. I've added an edit to my post above. Forgive the "if" - that's my hedge against having to watch the entire thing!

Absolutely deranged

dang 3mo ago

Edit: if hnlmorg's reply is accurate then I take this back! --- This is likely a cultural mismatch. I'd bet this demo was made by someone far away from the countries that most HN users are from. From a few years ago (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23308098): that's a hidden source of conflict, because people frequently misinterpret a conventional comment coming from a different region for an extreme comment coming from nearby.

swiftcoder 3mo ago
I don't know, man - sexism is a pretty universal concept, and the author has lived/worked in the US, so its not like he's never watched one of those sexual harassment training videos...
praash 3mo ago
Dan, your HN comments are a collection of beautiful essays that is becoming a reference library for healthy discourse. I think it deserves a dedicated website.
- dang 3mo ago
  I'm glad that somebody reads them!
  - dredmorbius 3mo ago
    Oh, we do, closely ;-)
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hnlmorg 3mo ago
Normally I’d be the first to argue for cultural diversity. However I don’t know of any culture that would consider masturbation an appropriate theme for a tech demo. Even the articles on here that are very specifically about adult content (such as advertising on porn sites) have been more tasteful than some of the demos on this project. So I can only conclude that this submission isn’t the result of cultural bias. Unless you consider “immaturity” a culture. But then you have to ask yourself if that’s a culture you want to promote in HN.
- dang 3mo ago
  > masturbation an appropriate theme for a tech demo. Oof, I didn't see any of that. I was reacting to the boy/girl stuff at the beginning, which is the sort of thing that is still conventional in some places. If I had seen the level of weirdness that you describe, I wouldn't have posted. I've added an edit to my post above. Forgive the "if" - that's my hedge against having to watch the entire thing!