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Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his s
by pbiggar 14y ago
Something about this rubs me slightly wrong. I think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" and "I know very little about programming, but I do know that his startup is awesome". I don't know the words to describe it, but it feels like a weird gender-in-CS thing. Anyone know more technical terms for this?
- zalew 14y ago"An unrelated person of unspecified gender tries to explain my startup in 90 seconds" better?
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- petercooper 14y agoI think it's "my girlfriend" and "My boyfriend" I wonder if it's just safer in the tech online social scene nowadays to avoid gender and say things like "my partner" to avoid gender related trouble. A curious contrast against how we'd speak in regular life. Related: http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife http://tomayko.com/writings/rest-to-my-wife
- darkxanthos 14y agoThe problem with partner on HN is it makes me think co-founder or the like. :-\
- prg318 14y agoSO (Significant Other) is solid gender neutral verbiage IMHO
- mpyne 14y agoAh yes, but then people will think you're pandering to the Evil Denizens of Political Correctness that are ruining discourse on the Internet. In short, you can't win with everybody no matter what you do. :-/
- darkxanthos 14y agoThank you! It's so obvious but I missed that. Also this term implies marriage (to me at least). #sigh It's amazing how hard this is.
- darkxanthos 14y agoThe problem with partner on HN is it makes me think co-founder or the like. :-\
- darkxanthos 14y agoThe problem with partner on HN is it makes me think co-founder or the like. :-\
- darkxanthos 14y agoIf we had a gender neutral way of describing a romantic relationship with someone that'd fix it. Right now perhaps it seems like this is specifically targeting gender when it isn't actually the intent. I've never dated someone who understands what I do so I relate to this but it has nothing to do gender other than I'm a straight male.
- catshirt 14y agothe term you are looking for is "significant other".
- cheez 14y agoThe guy has a girlfriend and he obviously had a conversation with her where he was too afraid to put it on HN. She took the initiative, as a good woman should do, and did an excellent job demonstrating the tool. So I would say the more technical term for your feeling is: nonsensical.
- larrys 14y ago"where he was too afraid to put it on HN" Hard to believe he was "afraid". More likely simply a gimmick to make it stand out (not implying negative by use of that word). Besides I don't get this: "My boyfriend Mark is way too much of a perfectionist to post his startup on HN" He posted his startup on HN that is "marknadal" posted the link to his girlfriends video. And what does being a perfectionist have to do with this anyway?
- fuscata 14y agoI took it to mean that he wouldn't get it done on his own b/c he would never be satisfied with the post. IOW, he was too shy.
- bksenior 14y agoFine. gimmick or not. Give the guy credit for creating a good launch narrative in a sea of "Check out my start-up" posts. This is clever marketing, the conversation doesn't have to go much further.
- Tyrant505 14y agoHahaha, Thank you. I think we get a little too "technical" sometimes.
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