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Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by philipodonnell »

nickthemagicman wrote: post #8

“I see a lot of men leading people on, sleeping with a dozen women at the same time. But if each of the dozen women doesn’t care, is there any crime committed? You could say it’s disgusting but not illegal—it just perpetuates a culture that keeps women down.” How does it keep women down? Sleeping with a guy is a built in option women have to better their lives, that men don't have. Otherwise they're just like the res…

It's easy to see it this way, but unfortunately it doesn't work like this in practice.

"Something you can pay with" and "something you're expected to pay with or you're out" can describe the same asset, but are much more driven by the relative power of the person being paid. We tend to honor the former (as you do) until it becomes the latter (as it mostly seems actually is when it's allowed).

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Post by xg15 »

nickthemagicman wrote: post #8

“I see a lot of men leading people on, sleeping with a dozen women at the same time. But if each of the dozen women doesn’t care, is there any crime committed? You could say it’s disgusting but not illegal—it just perpetuates a culture that keeps women down.” How does it keep women down? Sleeping with a guy is a built in option women have to better their lives, that men don't have. Otherwise they're just like the res…

I'm sure there are enough gay or bi VCs that would give men a chance as well, if they'd just ask the right way. So you, too, can use that option to better your life. Feel free to try!

Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by astura »

jenkstom wrote: post #10

I think there is a certain amount of denial about male sexuality. It's like trying to change the fundamental personality traits of a child: it won't work and will probably result in someone who is antisocial or otherwise crazy. I don't know why we can't have a discussion about this. Possibly feminism is caught up in a narrative that is overly female-centric, which isn't really unexpected (or entirely unreasonable). B…

There's no such thing as "the sixth Google result," everyones Google results are different depending on your location, language settings, search history, browsing habits, and probably a million different variables. I just scrolled through many, many pages of Google image search results both from my phone and my work computer and didn't come across anything negative, the only thing cringy I saw was "the future is female." In fact, one of the first 10 results I got was "pro-women is not anti-men."

The other question is what site did this image come from? Was is some toxic red pill fringe site that created it for the purpose of "proving" the "feminists agenda" or an actual mainstream feminist site selling actual real life tshirts to people who actually identity as feminist for the purpose of wearing? A single unqualified Google image search results doesn't tell you anything of any value.

I think you show more about your search history and browsing habits than anything about the feminist movement or the average person's feelings on the matter. If you go seeking "them wimen folk are out to get me" crap Google is going to show you more of it.

Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by MollyR »

robofd wrote: post #12

One question I have as a recent grad who moved to Silicon Valley to work in tech is how do I get invited to one of these parties. Setting aside all the social implications, they sound really fun.

Same way as the finance industry, be wealthy ,connected, or powerful.

Those parties and connections are not for normal people, more like 1%.

Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by MollyR »

nickthemagicman wrote: post #8

“I see a lot of men leading people on, sleeping with a dozen women at the same time. But if each of the dozen women doesn’t care, is there any crime committed? You could say it’s disgusting but not illegal—it just perpetuates a culture that keeps women down.” How does it keep women down? Sleeping with a guy is a built in option women have to better their lives, that men don't have. Otherwise they're just like the res…

Women aren't a homogeneous subgroup. Your phrasing is also offensive, but I've dealt with many neuro-atypicals so I'm sympathetic .

I suspect you are asking what is the social contract expectation from women ?

In this period of deep social unrest, I don't think people could give a unified answer.

Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by astura »

robofd wrote: post #12

One question I have as a recent grad who moved to Silicon Valley to work in tech is how do I get invited to one of these parties. Setting aside all the social implications, they sound really fun.

Be an attractive female with the right connections or be a powerful male with the right connections.

Re: Silicon Valley's Secretive, Orgiastic Side

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Post by traek »

justinzollars wrote: post #17

"Molly tablets that have been molded into the logos of some of the hottest tech companies" I'm going to call bullshit.

This is pretty common for MDMA pressed pills.

They’re referred to by the logo, e.g. “orange teslas” or “purple instagrams”. See [1] for photos of pills with the Instagram logo.

[1] http://pill.report/index.php?page=search_reports&sent=1&name...

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