Crake

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by Crake 13y ago
>What I do see a problem with is just assuming that everyone trying to do their part to moderate culture so as to be more inclusive is just an Internet whiner. This might have something to do with the fact that 99% of the time, they ARE
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by Crake 13y ago
>seeing these "jokes" everywhere is literally the worst part of my day. You must lead a very privileged life.
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by Crake 13y ago
In my experience, it's always about offending people. But only theoretically, of course. It's hard to find significant quantities of people who are actually offended, which is in itself deeply ~problematic.~ >their impression
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by Crake 13y ago
Gay men, maybe. Lesbians, probably not so much.
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by Crake 13y ago
>Does anyone think that this is really creepy? No. >I mean, men using dating sites like OkCupid are mostly creepy people already, Wow. >but actually writing programs to automate stuff on OkCupid? Do you realize what site you'r
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by Crake 13y ago
Ah, more anecdotes. Of course.
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by Crake 13y ago
They're a success in most first world countries. Like health care, the US bungled the handling of it something awful. Still, there have been some successes. NYC's housing programs have been (for the US) relatively competent. This
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by Crake 13y ago
>I think you need to shut the hell up. Dissenters are just so problematic , aren't they? >Nobody says this. Nobody. >feminists in the 90s More like 2009. http://kateharding.net/2009/10/08/guest
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by Crake 13y ago
Be funnier if half the people complaining about SWMs weren't SWMs. Ha. I don't know what's gotten into the water lately.
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by Crake 13y ago
People need to have it at least slightly together mentally to successfully rent a place, even if they have money. It seems like it would be more effective to provide the housing directly, given that inability to do this is part of why they
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by Crake 13y ago
You could probably negate resentment from the working poor/other people working hard just to survive by making the facilities kind of basic, but available to everyone. People who want something prettier, in a better location, or with m
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by Crake 13y ago
Yeah! Who doesn't love the homeless bum taking up four seats on the subway? We can't let such a valuable part of urban scenery disappear!
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by Crake 13y ago
>would probably have ended up homeless or dead if some family members...navigate the system on his behalf. This is what I've observed as well. Part of the reason I feel like I have to move out of the US as soon as I possibly can is
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by Crake 13y ago
Yeah, even something like that would work (maybe a little more spread out in places that aren't so urban). It's just appalling to me that so many people don't even have a place to stay out of the snow in this day and age. I w
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by Crake 13y ago
Probably, but it doesn't mean the idea is flawed--just the execution. Also Africa has a rather horrific corruption index, IIRC. I'd almost be surprised if things were planned ahead properly there. With some laudable exceptions, th
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by Crake 13y ago
I wish more states would implement this. It doesn't have to be a house, just an apartment. It doesn't even have to be a big one. Even just a single mattress in a small room or a studio with a kitchen is a huge quality of life impr
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by Crake 13y ago
Eh, same info, tidier writing. I'd forgotten about it for a while. Man, SJWs really take anything involving the word "privilege" seriously, even when it's obvious sarcasm. Anyone have any theories as to why their sense o
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by Crake 13y ago
And for trans people who don't conform to the gender binary, no option whatsoever: there's only "male" and "female" as an option. Now, I'm not asking for that crazy xe and xir stuff, but if you're goi
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by Crake 13y ago
You do realize the language being employed in your examples is from the side arguing in favor of the gender segregation themed conference, not against it, right?
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by Crake 13y ago
>the facts are all against what you were saying This would probably be more convincing if actually you provided any, instead of just vaguely referencing anecdotes. Without it, you have just an opinion, not an argument.
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by Crake 13y ago
It's a sjw themed joke.
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by Crake 13y ago
Who am I? You told me what I am in your comment, so I guess I'll have to bow to your superior expertise on the matter. Interesting how you think you know all about what sort of person I am without knowing anything about my background,
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by Crake 13y ago
But that would benefit poor people of all colors! We can't help out white people--1 homeless straight white male already has more privilege than ALL black millionaires COMBINED!
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by Crake 13y ago
I don't like them and hope they go away as quickly as possible. I dislike segregation on principle, generally speaking.
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by Crake 13y ago
>This thread made me want to cry.... Ah, estrogen privilege.
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by Crake 13y ago
Thank you.
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by Crake 13y ago
Feminists are probably the #1 force for scaring away women from tech. If you say something is true enough times (All men might rape you! Programmers all hate women!), especially from a position of power and political influence, people will
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by Crake 13y ago
There are women in YC, as seen in comments above. Nice of you to declare their input absolutely worthless. You'll be more successful if you don't hallucinate sexism where there isn't any. Plenty of women in the tech field man
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by Crake 13y ago
>You know what I'd love to see the next time one of these inflammatory gender-related posts comes up? >One thread that only men are allowed to post to. No women to challenge them, play devil's advocate or otherwise defend th
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by Crake 13y ago
I actually hate Lego. The only Lego thing I ever wanted was Mindstorm. I did have a crazy amount of K'nex, though, and built all sorts of race cars, roller coasters, bridges I could put between two chairs and make an adult sit on, etc.

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