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Get shamed for this? Sometimes I feel I live in a different world to the people in this forum. Even my feminist friends would have no problem with this stuff,

Get shamed for this? Sometimes I feel I live in a different world to the people in this forum. Even my feminist friends would have no problem with this stuff, its all a bit funny. What did Linus say? "I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended" I like that quote, why? Because some people get offended too easily which makes everyone's life a little harder. I think maybe Adria wanted to be the center of attention, and she was on a "Joan of Arc" mission which is a little self-involved. Wouldn't you agree? At the end of the day, it was a joke, you people in the tech community need to lighten up, everyone is so serious here. You should come to Australia and have some fun, although you will probably get offended.

stcredzero 14y ago
> I like that quote, why? Because some people get offended too easily which makes everyone's life a little harder. As a general principle, this doesn't work quite well enough. It gets one by well enough most of the time, with only a small failure rate. Those can be real doozies, though. Eventually, you will meet someone who you will offend and didn't get offended too easily. No one is perfect or knows everything, after all. But if one is well intentioned and stays cool, it will probably work out in the end.
MrScruff 14y ago
Brit here. I've been watching the events unfolding over the last week with increasing incredulity. I have to say the reaction to this t-shirt is taking things to another level. My only theory is that this is the puritanical aspect of the US we always hear about. In the UK double-entendre's are so ingrained into our society that I can't imagine someone being offended by this.
- mogrim 14y ago
  I get the same impression, someone gets uptight about a bit of juvenile sexual humour, and complains. All seems a bit Victorian and silly to me, but then I'm not from the US and I've not got any major hang ups about the human body. Male or female.

stcredzero 14y ago

> I like that quote, why? Because some people get offended too easily which makes everyone's life a little harder. As a general principle, this doesn't work quite well enough. It gets one by well enough most of the time, with only a small failure rate. Those can be real doozies, though. Eventually, you will meet someone who you will offend and didn't get offended too easily. No one is perfect or knows everything, after all. But if one is well intentioned and stays cool, it will probably work out in the end.

MrScruff 14y ago

Brit here. I've been watching the events unfolding over the last week with increasing incredulity. I have to say the reaction to this t-shirt is taking things to another level. My only theory is that this is the puritanical aspect of the US we always hear about. In the UK double-entendre's are so ingrained into our society that I can't imagine someone being offended by this.

mogrim 14y ago
I get the same impression, someone gets uptight about a bit of juvenile sexual humour, and complains. All seems a bit Victorian and silly to me, but then I'm not from the US and I've not got any major hang ups about the human body. Male or female.