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Its the plague of western people thinking they have the moral high ground over other cultures and nations. In the place where I grew up this kind of scene would
by mapcars 3mo ago
Its the plague of western people thinking they have the moral high ground over other cultures and nations. In the place where I grew up this kind of scene would be considered normal. But you must be the one who dictates what is right and what is wrong, don't you?
- blanched 3mo agoWhy are you passionately defending this? I doubt the author cares much, it's clearly an example that came about through vibe coding. It's not core to the tech/product, people think it's off-putting, why not change it? Hacker News loves to talk about being amazing business-people and "understanding the customer" but somehow that gets dropped for things like this.
- mapcars 3mo agoI'm not defending it, I'm saying "cringy sexist bullshit" is just a modern liberal western take. It could have been something like "people might see it problematic", and I agree with that.
- hnlmorg 3mo agoPlease do tell me which culture finds it acceptable to throw rocks at people because they happen to like the same woman. Even ignoring the unnecessary language, sexist content, gender stereotyping, and so on and so forth, just the warrantless violent act in that story is enough for people to object to. And enough people have objected that there isn’t any good reason for the author to keep that animation included. Particularly when it doesn’t actually demonstrate this library in a way that literally any of demo couldn’t. So why even defend it?
- 9dev 3mo ago> moral high ground over other cultures and nations. I don't think I have that, really. But I have the high ground over people who objectify groups of other people, and if that is really central to your culture, then I am not accepting of it. Make of that what you will; you do not seem particularly open to criticism either.
- mapcars 3mo ago>I don't think I have that, really Thinking and doing is not the same. >people who objectify groups of other people What is the objectification here exactly? >you do not seem particularly open to criticism either. Right, and how would you know that? Just make sure you make your opponent look bad and you win the argument - this worked in school, not sure why try to do it here.
- 9dev 3mo ago> Thinking and doing is not the same. You can't know whether you have the moral high ground. That's always an assumption, and I am not making any assumptions about being morally superior to other nations or cultures. No more, no less. > What is the objectification here exactly? I have answered that extensively in another comment [0]; in short the scene depicted treats women as a prize for the stronger man. This seems pretty obvious to most people commenting on this thread. > Right, and how would you know that? Because you started off accusing me of thinking I have the moral high ground over other cultures and nations, and dictating what is right and what is wrong - without knowing anything about me either, on the basis of me pointing out how this animation is sexist. You didn't pause to consider whether that might have some merit, but instead immediately went to a personal attack. It sure seemed to trigger a reaction in you, and it wasn't reflection. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672915 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48672915