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Yes. You'd expect a community such as hacker news to be above the usual nerd-shaming.
by wladimir 14y ago
Yes. You'd expect a community such as hacker news to be above the usual nerd-shaming.
- tachion 14y agoYou'd expect that from any community, but unfortunately, as much as you'd expect that, that much its not the case, regardless of the community type. Simply put, people are everywhere.
- sneak 14y agoIt's called tongue-in-cheek self-referential humor. Naturally, you'd expect a community such as Hacker News to be below such subtlety. :D PS: I am a fat nerd wearing a black t-shirt, love bitcoin, and have used OKCupid to get dozens of successful dates over the last 8 years.
- wladimir 14y agoFair enough. I agree it can be funny, just somewhat immature. The line between bullying and "self referential in-group humor" is pretty thin sometimes. I guess it's a bit like sexist jokes, in that some things that are meant as funny can be interpreted wrongly and hurt.
- hnriot 14y agoSeriously? You're getting bent out of shape over this??? Despite being very likely true, the statement was funny and targeting just the right people for it to be funny.