'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant
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#2I hope YC quickly moves on from Garry Tan.
This sort of childish behaviour is not just dragging YC down but the startup community as a whole.
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#4> Tan, for his part, apologized over the weekend, noting that his post was a reference to a Tupac Shakur lyric
How famous does someone have to be joke about a politician dying before it’s a problem? Tan is less famous than Charlie Sheen or Johnny Depp, who have joked about Trump dying.
Also, from Wikipedia: “Tan supported the 2022 recall campaign against progressive San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin. Tan donated at least $100,000 to the effort. Tan blamed Boudin for physical attacks on Asians.”
There’s a fair argument that Tan is joking about violence against people whose policies are facilitating actual violence.
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#6"these tech Bros should die a slow death" –venture capitalist
"Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" –King Henry VII
"he's dead now so that's that" –Microsoft founder
Re: 'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant
#7This sort of discourse would be flagged, moderated and possibly result in a ban here on HN. His actions seem to undermine a lot of what this community is meant to be about.
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#8You'd never guess that this was a Tupac quote by the media coverage and wave after wave of forced outrage. The whole thing is so embarassing.
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#10I can find lots of tech workers that would tell Garry to keep up the good work.