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I understand it's meant as a joke, but starting with "Stampedes of middle-aged midwestern women, their toothless gums bloodthirsty for 75% off the latest seaso
by thebenedict 12y ago
I understand it's meant as a joke, but starting with
"Stampedes of middle-aged midwestern women, their toothless gums bloodthirsty for 75% off the latest season of Game of Thrones at the local Wal-Mart."
Could turn off a lot of people (women, older people, Wal-Mart shoppers, etc.) from what is otherwise a fun and well written technical post. I'd like to see HN being more inclusive. That said, enjoyed and upvoted the article.
- dontbeso 12y agopeople who are turned off by an obvious joke like that don't deserve to read this article. it was very informative and well-written.
- rtpg 12y agoContrary to how some people react to the "PC police", it is possible to be funny without being super hurtful to entire categories of people for little gain. There are levels of humour, but I agree with GP that the quoted quip is pretty rude (the toothless gum bit) , and it isn't even that funny!
- yuvadam 12y agoFunny how the joke is always at the expense of others (handicapped, disabled, oppressed, weak) and never self-humor, innit?
- GFK_of_xmaspast 12y agoThe amount of good technical articles out there that I haven't gotten around to reading yet is endless, no point in reading one written by an ass.
- zionsrogue 12y agoAuthor of the post here. Sorry to offend you. Certainly wasn't trying to be an ass. But when you write tons and tons of programming tutorials, sometimes it's fun to introduce a little humor, otherwise it becomes extremely dull. If anything, the introduction simply pointed out the consumerism flaws related to Black Friday. I didn't mean to single out a group of people.
- CJefferson 12y agoI find a good guide is to rewrite insults to aim at you, and your expected readers. If you don't want to do that, you probably shouldn't have put them in.
- zionsrogue 12y agoSomething to keep in mind for the next time.
- stronglikedan 12y agoFor what it's worth, I found the quip to be funny. I also found it to be appropriate in the context, as anyone who has braved the Black Friday crowd would (only once - lesson learned). But then again, I'm also one of those old curmudgeons who think that everybody gets their panties in a twist way to easily these days.
- kjs3 12y agoTranslation: I've spent my life freely and casually belittling people I see as beneath me, and am annoyed that these uppity women and minorities are feeling empowered enough to call me out on it. They should all mind their place. Being a privileged white male isn't what it used to be.
- stronglikedan 12y agoWhy would you think anyone else is beneath you? I'm sorry that you feel privileged in some way because you are white, but everyone is created equal, regardless of race. You'll be a happier person if you live and let live, instead of letting people annoy you so easily.
- chrisbennet 12y agoRead it again. He's being sarcastic.
- nothrabannosir 12y agoHey, how do you know he's an ass? Because you think he showed poor taste in that article? You're going too far. "Written so badly," "written by someone with poor taste," call it whatever you will. But don't insult him just because you think his joke was offensive. Don't forget there's a human being at the other end. Getting this kind of feedback is very discouraging and disappointing. In fact, it's not even feedback, it's just an insult. Which, if you ask me, is poor taste.
- company 12y agoJust another example of elitism prevalent among the tech community.
- ineedtosleep 12y agoIn all honesty, this comment and its children should just be deleted. It has degenerated this entire submission and, whether or not it was intentional, ruined any sort of discussion about the crux of the matter. If you're a bloodthirsty, toothless, middle-age woman -- sorry this submission was not meant for you. Carry on, and read another one of the millions of posts on the internet.