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I HATE FUN TOO LETS NOT HAVE FUN TOGETHER.
by rfnslyr 13y ago
I HATE FUN TOO LETS NOT HAVE FUN TOGETHER.
- teddyh 13y agoThese conferences are not supposed to be maximizing the "fun" factor for the attendees. The conferences are, first and foremost supposed to be useful for collaboration and networking in their stated field.
- untog 13y agoA lot of people network through socialising and, yes, drinking.
- teddyh 13y agoYes. But if the socialising and drinking activities are not organized to be conducive to networking, then it's a party with no benefit to the goals of the conference. See my comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6376546 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6376546 where I already agreed that “a conference can (and perhaps should) have many elements of a party in it”.
- reinhardt 13y agoI had fun once. It was awful.