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There's no getting around it anymore. We have to accept the fact Bay Area startup culture has turned a term of endearment into a gendered slur.
by forgottenpass 12y ago
There's no getting around it anymore. We have to accept the fact Bay Area startup culture has turned a term of endearment into a gendered slur.
- Zikes 12y agoSo we grow a backbone and tread on, ignoring the people trying to manufacture scandal for their own entertainment or empowerment, or we let one city's subculture control the rights to the English language. I choose the former.
- obvious_throw 12y agoThat is, until you get fired from your job for thoughtcrime. Being politically correct and believing/saying the right things is required for employment in the tech industry now.
- mkr-hn 12y agoNope. Still going to call my big bro bro, and my friend-bros bro. Most of them have never heard of this manufactured conflict.