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by adrienne 10y ago
Hilarious that pointing out to techbros that a political story is political gets you flagged and killed. More indication that what HN means by "politics" is "anything techbros don't like thinking about".
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by adrienne 10y ago
a) I wasn't taking it out on you; b) I don't generally comment at MeFi either , and for most of the same reasons?
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by adrienne 10y ago
RIGHT OVER HERE there are HN users spouting the usual disproven gender-essentialist bullshit about women in STEM fields: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13101949 I have no idea why you feel so much more comfortable at
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by adrienne 10y ago
Hi, comex! :) I definitely understand electoral politics fatigue. We're all having that. But 'dang explicitly said the intended scope of the ban/"detox" is wider than that, over in this comment: https://n
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by adrienne 10y ago
Like, i really do feel unwelcome here. And this "experiment" makes me feel more unwelcome - not because it's an experiment, i'm all in favor of those, but because i really don't think it is one. I think it'
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by adrienne 10y ago
What you may not be taking into account, though, is that for some of us, "we're not going to allow 'politics' for a week" is being read in context with the years of previous moderation decisions and community si
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by adrienne 10y ago
I feel certain that after gawking in horror at the trainwreck on this thread i will just go back to quietly pretending HN doesn't exist for another few months, because i cannot even. And i'll continue to warn literally every margi
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by adrienne 10y ago
The fact that you think that this set of statements is framed in a neutral or apolitical way is proving the point , you know?
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by adrienne 10y ago
I am also openly a woman. And I'm probably one of the lowest-ranked members on here, precisely because this community is already so fucking much a "place where racist, misogynist, fascist hackers can feel perfectly safe".
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by adrienne 10y ago
I really hope i'm never in a room with you.
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by adrienne 10y ago
Speaking as a woman in tech, HN is PRETTY FUCKING FAR from an "inclusive site". It's repulsive, which is why i mostly stay the fuck away from it. 4chan is at least honest about being a cesspool.
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by adrienne 10y ago
...well, because the statute of limitations has run out on a lot of the things we know he's done? I mean, among about a billion other reasons why women don't report sexual assault by powerful men who can ruin their lives.
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by adrienne 10y ago
This is the thing i don't understand, and you say it a lot. Why should we reconsider? We are clearly not welcome here . I read and comment every once in awhile, certainly, because i have a certain attachment to horrifying trainwrecks
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by adrienne 10y ago
"Purely ideological differences" like whether sexual assault is okay and whether Muslims can be American citizens. Nope. Not going to just "agree to disagree" on that shit.
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by adrienne 10y ago
Why? What's your beef with Norton?
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by adrienne 10y ago
I could literally solve every problem I have in my life right now with an infusion of $20k, so yeah, calling it "measly" is just one more drop in the bucket of evidence that i'm not welcome at HN because it's for wealthy
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by adrienne 10y ago
Yeah, this dude is creepy as shit and if i knew him in real life i would keep as much distance as possible between him and me. I feel really, really sorry for his wife.
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by adrienne 10y ago
Except for women, the worst case when we say "no" isn't "someone gets his feelings hurt and goes away"; it's something like this: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/usanow/2014&#x
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by adrienne 10y ago
You almost certainly do know men like that in your personal life. They're just not creeping on you . Abusers and harassers are typically VERY charming to folks they're not abusing, which is why women tend not to speak up - becaus
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by adrienne 10y ago
Gee, I can't imagine why people would be hateful and violent when they're being driven further and further into poverty - and out of their homes and neighborhoods - by rent-seekers and rich dudebros. I can't imagine why they&
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by adrienne 10y ago
"The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread." -Anatole France
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by adrienne 11y ago
Well, Anne Rice IS a bully, fwiw. She's well-known in the genre community for slinging her weight around when anyone criticizes her at all.
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by adrienne 13y ago
Two things about this study: First, it only covers people in government jobs. Second, the title of the study is "Gender Pay Gap in the Federal Workforce Narrows..." meaning there IS STILL a gender pay gap. And if you read the stud
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by adrienne 13y ago
Wrong. Yes, there is a pipeline problem; however, women also leave STEM fields at more than twice the rate men do.[0] And when we do, the reasons we cite include the fact that it's a boys' club, as well as outright harassment. [0]
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by adrienne 13y ago
I'm a woman, and I've been in the tech industry for more than a decade. I avoid HN like the fucking plague, precisely because of the fact that it is so exclusionary and hateful toward women and other marginalized groups. (Tonight
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by adrienne 13y ago
I get really fucking tired of seeing men who are helping derided as "white knights". Trust me, women can TELL when someone is putting us on a pedestal and deciding that we have to be defended because we're such delicate flowe
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by adrienne 13y ago
Thank you. That's all; just thank you -- for putting in the work, for being willing to be wrong, for fighting the good fight. This stranger, at least, appreciates it.