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How was her life ruined? She lost her job, then got a new one. Her life seems fine.

by lbarrow 12y ago

mynameisvlad 12y ago
Did you even read the article? - She was jobless for a period of time, and there's a lot of stress that comes with that. - Her family seemed to be set on disowning her for tarnishing their name. - She can't date without someone Googling her and most likely being turned off by what they find.
- venomsnake 12y ago
  Turned off by what? A tweet ... unless for couple of million participants in the oppression olympics, for the sane people having said or done something offensive is not a big deal.
  - mynameisvlad 12y ago
    If so many people were offended on the internet, is it that big of a stretch that people in real life might be turned off too? Just because you or I don't think it's a big deal does not mean that others might share the same opinion. I could easily see how someone might be turned off, especially before actually meeting the person.
    - venomsnake 12y ago
      Actually yes. Internet is not real and is the place where everyone overreacts. As long as she is above the hot/crazy line, she won't be turned down dating for such a petty "offence"
      - mynameisvlad 12y ago
        You do realize that a concept in HIMYM does not accurately apply in real life, right?
- pervycreeper 12y ago
  >After that, she left New York, going as far away as she could, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She flew there alone and got a volunteer job doing P.R. for an NGO working to reduce maternal-mortality rates. Anyone for whom something even remotely resembling this can be said certainly has had a thick mat of privilege to land on, even if the experience were difficult, as it seems to have been.
deong 12y ago
At least logged into my Google account, if I type "Justine", it suggests "Sacco" as the top completion. It's not all that hyperbolic to say "ruined your life" when your first name is literally a global URI to the (perceived) worst thing you've ever done.
- knodi123 12y ago
  I once created a server-side app that would monitor where certain search terms showed up in google rankings, so you could monitor change over time. The biggest challenge we faced was that google dramatically changes your search results based on who you are, and where you are. My point is - Justine Sacco isn't even on the first page of Justines for me. Maybe google just thinks Sacco is the best Justine for you, but it's probably not as bad as a "global uri".
  - kefs 12y ago
    If you add pws=0 to your querystring, it'll search without personalization. Actually, there are other factors at play too [1], but that alone should work well enough. 1: http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google
    - knodi123 12y ago
      yeah, but the goal was to track how your ranking would appear to individual users. not to a hypothetical completely unpersonalized user with no geographic location.
mcphage 12y ago
> Her life seems fine. I think you and I have very different definitions of what "fine" means.

How was her life ruined? She lost her job, then got a new one. Her life seems fine.

by lbarrow 12y ago

How was her life ruined? She lost her job, then got a new one. Her life seems fine.

Did you even read the article? - She was jobless for a period of time, and there's a lot of stress that comes with that. - Her family seemed to be set on disowning her for tarnishing their name. - She can't date without someone Googling her and most likely being turned off by what they find.

venomsnake 12y ago
Turned off by what? A tweet ... unless for couple of million participants in the oppression olympics, for the sane people having said or done something offensive is not a big deal.
- mynameisvlad 12y ago
  If so many people were offended on the internet, is it that big of a stretch that people in real life might be turned off too? Just because you or I don't think it's a big deal does not mean that others might share the same opinion. I could easily see how someone might be turned off, especially before actually meeting the person.
  - venomsnake 12y ago
    Actually yes. Internet is not real and is the place where everyone overreacts. As long as she is above the hot/crazy line, she won't be turned down dating for such a petty "offence"
    - mynameisvlad 12y ago
      You do realize that a concept in HIMYM does not accurately apply in real life, right?
pervycreeper 12y ago
>After that, she left New York, going as far away as she could, to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. She flew there alone and got a volunteer job doing P.R. for an NGO working to reduce maternal-mortality rates. Anyone for whom something even remotely resembling this can be said certainly has had a thick mat of privilege to land on, even if the experience were difficult, as it seems to have been.

deong 12y ago

At least logged into my Google account, if I type "Justine", it suggests "Sacco" as the top completion. It's not all that hyperbolic to say "ruined your life" when your first name is literally a global URI to the (perceived) worst thing you've ever done.

knodi123 12y ago
I once created a server-side app that would monitor where certain search terms showed up in google rankings, so you could monitor change over time. The biggest challenge we faced was that google dramatically changes your search results based on who you are, and where you are. My point is - Justine Sacco isn't even on the first page of Justines for me. Maybe google just thinks Sacco is the best Justine for you, but it's probably not as bad as a "global uri".
- kefs 12y ago
  If you add pws=0 to your querystring, it'll search without personalization. Actually, there are other factors at play too [1], but that alone should work well enough. 1: http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google http://moz.com/blog/face-off-4-ways-to-de-personalize-google
  - knodi123 12y ago
    yeah, but the goal was to track how your ranking would appear to individual users. not to a hypothetical completely unpersonalized user with no geographic location.

mcphage 12y ago

> Her life seems fine. I think you and I have very different definitions of what "fine" means.