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> Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, a technology incubator that invests in very young companies, said the lawyer was regarded as “a leech tarted up as a fr
by username223 12y ago
> Sam Altman, president of Y Combinator, a technology incubator that invests in very young companies, said the lawyer was regarded as “a leech tarted up as a freedom fighter.”
"Tarted?" Feel the homophobic side of the Force, Sam. As long as "track people as much as you can, under a EULA that gives you all the rights you can imagine" is a business model, Jay Edelson is necessary.
- picks_at_nits 12y agoA “tart” is a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman. From this we get “tarted up," to adorn, dress, or decorate, especially in a flamboyant manner. “Tarted up” is nearly always used opprobriously. I find no factual basis for your claim that Mr. Altman made a homophobic remark. You are welcome to refile suit on the basis that he perpetuated sexist stereotypes via slut-shaming language.
- username223 12y ago> A “tart” is a prostitute or sexually promiscuous woman. Right. What do you think Sam meant when he called this man a "sexually promiscuous woman?"
- kbenson 12y agoWhen used in conjunction with leech and freedom fighter that doesn't even make sense. You have a particular interpretation of the term in your head, but that doesn't mean that's how it was intended to be taken.
- Semiapies 12y agoThe precise same thing as when the Bush administration was accused of "sexing up" its claims about Iraqi WMDs.
- picks_at_nits 12y agoTo respond with precision, “tarted up” doesn’t literally mean to be a tart, but to dress up like a tart. Thus it is that you can “tart up” even inanimate objects, e.g. “they’re really tarted this restaurant up."
- saraid216 12y agoDelicious pastries are saddened by this comment thread.
- kbenson 12y agoI think it was meant as sexual thing, as the preceding (leech) and the following (freedom fighter) terms are not sexual, nor necessarily even human, in nature.