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This info makes the last item of the article even more bizarre. I'm starting to think this was reported inaccurately by TC. Maybe she was really referring to a
by Udo 13y ago
This info makes the last item of the article even more bizarre. I'm starting to think this was reported inaccurately by TC. Maybe she was really referring to a separate incident that happened at the hula dancing event, an incident we don't have any information about. Otherwise, this makes no sense.
- kyberias 13y agoIt makes all the sense when you consider the possibility that she might be a person that specifically collects even the smallest pieces of evidence to support her theories of sexism and bigotry in the workplace.
- waterhouse 13y agoOr that the TechCrunch reporter is writing the story at a certain angle, and asked for anything that could fit into that narrative. I think that, in the context of a certain sort of modern journalism, a version of Hanlon's razor is called for: "Never attribute to ideological slant that which is adequately explained as linkbait and sensationalism."
- pron 13y agoSexism in tech companies is a fact whether this "smallest piece of evidence" supports it or not.
- kyberias 13y agoOf course. It is also a fact in every single community of a certain size because there's always a number of that have sexist behavior.
- mtrimpe 13y agoHe probably just asked what the straw was that broke the camel's back. They tend not to be all that huge, being straws and all.