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Considered buying it. But "fork my dongle" isn't, technically, a thing. So I'd feel kinda like a poser wearing it -- like "look, I'm a l33t haxor!" who got it
by pud 14y ago
Considered buying it. But "fork my dongle" isn't, technically, a thing.
So I'd feel kinda like a poser wearing it -- like "look, I'm a l33t haxor!" who got it wrong. Or like ones of those Chinese tattoos that doesn't actually mean anything in Chinese. Or like one of those action movies with bogus hacking scenes ("enhance!"). Or like someone wearing an Iron Maiden shirt from Urban Outfitters who's never actually heard the band.
Sigh. Sorry be "that guy."
- vacri 14y agoReminded me of the /etc/bus http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The__0x2f_etc_0x2f_bus.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The__0x2f_etc_0x2f_bus.aspx
- antidaily 14y agoExactly. It's just a reference to an unfortunate series of events that won't be worth explaining in a month. Make it 'Fork My Repo' and I'm a buyer.
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- nicedongle 14y agoWe got your back quite literally: https://teespring.com/DongleGate https://teespring.com/DongleGate
- clicks 14y agoSo, to be clear, unlike submitted link's teespring payment arrangements (100% of proceeds will be donated to Girls who Code), 100% of proceeds on your link will be going to your pocket. Not knocking on you, just making it clear you hold no affiliation to the 'Girls who Code' organization as well.
- nicedongle 14y agoCorrect, there is no affiliation - I apologize if I caused any misunderstanding of that. Just trying to create a few laughs and lighten the mood of what was a pretty hectic day for a lot of people!
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- WayneDB 14y ago<-- Downvote here and by all means, do not explain your sensitivities. Why should we care about donating money to Girls who Code? I'm not a girl and I don't see any reason why I should support them, particularly when the only time I hear anything about girls who code is when they're causing some drama. You know what girls who code should do? They should write code and be humble instead of forming a group called Girls Who Code in order to get attention and hand-outs. To be clear: I'd rather buy a shirt that makes fun of all the drama caused by girls who code and donate the money to Children Who Are Hungry.
- ChrisNorstrom 14y agoSee you're one of those guys that's ruining it. It's just a cause, it's just a group of people with similar desires. It's no different than black entreprenuer clubs or jewish groups. They're not asking for a hand out they're just working together.
- WayneDB 14y agoYeah, but I was responding to someone who was browbeating someone else because their tee-shirt didn't support Girls Who Code. I have no problem with the group itself, but if you start acting like people are bad if they don't support the group then I'm going to call it out.
- agilescale 14y agoYou know who the target of Girls who Code are? Girls. Actual girls. Not ``going to meet some girls''(women) girls. Children. Teenagers. Teenagers who, by culture, are reluctant to approach Computer Science and other technical fields. This education group is trying to reverse this trend. RTFWebsite next time.
- Finbarr 14y agoJust to be clear - Fork My Dongle has no affiliation with Girls Who Code either. We absolutely plan to donate 100% of the profits from this shirt campaign to them, though.
- hmottestad 14y ago"Today, one comment caused an caused an uproar" typo.
- mlent 14y agoAs a woman I'd probably be afraid to wear a "Fork my Repo" shirt. I think you can guess why. Just some food for thought...
- VMG 14y agoWhat about "I'll fork your repo"?
- rplnt 14y agoWhy? (not why as "I don't see anything wrong" but why as "I really don't know, please explain")
- unalone 14y agoThere's a certain type of guy who will use anything about a woman that appears vaguely sexual to a) assume she's "up for grabs" and hit on her/make inappropriate remarks since they feel she's given permission and b) call the same woman a slut and similarly-toned remarks if she tells them that, no, she's not really appreciative of being treated like a sex vending machine.
- smoyer 14y agoFork my repo and leave my dongle alone?
- mikecane 14y ago"Don't Touch My Dongle?"
- hmc 14y agoShe wants the D:/
- stcredzero 14y ago"Your dongle: Do Not Want!" Probably more realistic. Probably covers a larger % of cases.
- candybar 14y agoIf you let me touch your dongle, I'll let you fork my repo
- stcredzero 14y ago> Considered buying it. But "fork my dongle" isn't, technically, a thing. If the design of a hardware dongle is Open Source, then it can be forked. Sorry, you did you did what you were afraid of but by movng in the opposite direction you thought.
- samstave 14y agoForks and dongles are both male, so this is a retarded way to "support women in tech" "Finger my ports" would be far more appropriate.
- jlgreco 14y agoForks are male?
- marshray 14y agoMakes sense to me (native English speaker), albeit in a non-Euclidian kind of way. Apparently in Spanish and a few other languages they are too, though this seems to be a minority. http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fork#Translations http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fork#Translations
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- smoyer 14y agoI have a mentally handicapped son and your use of the word retarded offends me. Pick another word? (And by the way, I do agree with your premise).
- jmspring 14y agoThat you are still engaged given everything else you do, thanks for being "that guy".