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Axe ad offensive to programmers or well intentioned student project?
- frederickf 13y agoI think this is a well intentioned student project that is just easy to misinterpret. It seems to be related to Miami Ad School Europe. I think the intent is to target programmers and suggest that men who use Axe body spray will be popular with girls, although I can see how it could also be interpreted to suggest that if you can understand pseudo code then you should stop programming so much and get a girl friend. Having said that, it is clearly sexist by assuming that a person who understands pseudo code must be a man (or a lesbian I guess). Thoughts?
- venomsnake 13y agoI have a hard time thinking of a single single male IT in my surroundings. When you get older than 25 the above average salary and brains do wonders for successful dating. Nothing offensive, but I would have appreciated using Solarized, Source code pro and writing actual compilable code. It shows attention to details, research and respect to the community that you advertise to.
- venomsnake 13y agoI do find myself offended by that code. This looks much better IMO if(you.understand(this)) { return get.a.girlfriend(); } Also what is the point of having one more girlfriend? I have barely time for Fallout: New Vegas with my current :(
- sinkasapa 13y agoDo you think this comic is offensive to Axe users or is it just a well intentioned art project? http://jubilantmeandering.thecomicseries.com/comics/43 http://jubilantmeandering.thecomicseries.com/comics/43
- krapp 13y agoThat's not offensive to programmers. "Compiler? I don't even know her!" ... that's offensive to programmers.