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Of course I suppose it's futile. Once this kind of mania takes off it takes on a life of its own.
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Is it not the female equivalent of "this dude"? edit: seems that's how the author intended it
HN has an international audience, and cultural norms are different in different regions. Very roughly in English workplaces you should avoid calling any of the women "chick" because you'll cause grave offence. There are very narrow exceptions to this. In places like Stoke on Trent you might find people calling each other "my duck" (but this isn't just women; men call each other "me duck" too.) But even there you need…
Translation: Go for the least common denominator. Try to be as bland as possible in your writing.
> avoid calling any of the women "chick" because you'll cause grave offence
If that's what you consider "grave," there's a whole internet full of words that will make you pass out.
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What about "those chx"? edit: jeez, tough crowd here...
This is not an entertainment outlet.
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Is it not the female equivalent of "this dude"? edit: seems that's how the author intended it
HN has an international audience, and cultural norms are different in different regions. Very roughly in English workplaces you should avoid calling any of the women "chick" because you'll cause grave offence. There are very narrow exceptions to this. In places like Stoke on Trent you might find people calling each other "my duck" (but this isn't just women; men call each other "me duck" too.) But even there you need…
I was listening to terrestrial radio the other day and was surprised to hear a radio advertisement beckoning retirees to cash in their 401ks to join the cryptocurrency future of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The bubble is too big for Google to slow it down and it has grown beyond the realm of tech savvy geeks into something fueled by hype and hubris.
From the best tweetstorm ever on topic by Sarah Jeong: https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/953464303960469504 > All of this has gone too far!!!!! It was fine when you paranoid dorks were out there scamming each other, please leave the normies alone!!!!!!!!!!!
I was listening to terrestrial radio the other day and was surprised to hear a radio advertisement beckoning retirees to cash in their 401ks to join the cryptocurrency future of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The bubble is too big for Google to slow it down and it has grown beyond the realm of tech savvy geeks into something fueled by hype and hubris.
From the best tweetstorm ever on topic by Sarah Jeong: https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/953464303960469504 > All of this has gone too far!!!!! It was fine when you paranoid dorks were out there scamming each other, please leave the normies alone!!!!!!!!!!!
Does this include software services related to cryptoasseta?
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> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
I apologize if the word offends you. It was both intentioned to be non offensive (which should be apparent from my admiration for her WORK while giving no fucks about her as a person) and carries a common definition in the English space of being polite and non derogatory. Had she been male my comment would be exactly the same except it would say 'dude' in place of 'chick'. Now does anyone know where I can find that w…
I am not "this chick," I have never been "this chick," the correct label is "yonder youthful poultry"
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> this chick I can't, just can't, not in 2018, leave "this chick" without a remark: it sounds rather derogatory. Please be more respectful.
Is it not the female equivalent of "this dude"? edit: seems that's how the author intended it
[1] https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/973951162536706049
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If people stop using these drugs if they're not advertised maybe they're not that useful in the first place? Isn't there enough money to be made selling real treatments for real diseases?
The answer to your first question is certainly "yes". Unfortunately the answer to the second is "no". No pharma executive ever got a bonus for saving lives.
If you only way to sell a drug is to convince people they need it in the first place then I think it ought to be illegal, yes. Look at the massive opioid crisis in the USA which stems in great part from pharma pushing drugs people didn't really need and getting them addicted. If that's the only way you can figure out to fund cancer research we have a big problem indeed.