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That's disappointing. Thanks for the heads up. I never understand quite why some in the programming community don't appreciate how exclusionary their childish o

• rmrfrmrf 14y ago
  "It's just a joke." "Why should I have to censor myself for anyone?" "It's a free country." "I'm so tired of this politically correct society we live in." "I'm a woman and I love dick jokes!" And so on.
  • benjamincburns 14y ago
    Most videogames are written by young guys with lots of programming experience, but little marketing experience. I'd guess they often try to use the code in these sorts of things to market to what they think is their intended audience. And I bet to some degree it works: "Heh - it's called Hardon Collider - I should show my friends how funny this is!" I'd wager that they think the group of people who will find this funny and share it is larger than the group of people who will find this obnoxious and avoid it. "And who cares about those uptight assholes, anyway?" In the end it becomes a very sad, tight feedback loop for these kinds of weird sexism.
• pervycreeper 14y ago
  >exclusionary Online communities with a significant number of very young people tend not to be the healthiest ones.