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'Stupid,' 'shameful:' Tech workers on Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan's rant
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#22This 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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#23You'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.
Thank goodness it wasn't a quote from the song W.A.P.:-)!
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#24That plaque on his Chinatown VIP club liquor cabinet really is pretty cringe.
'Added District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan: “I will waive rent for living in his head.”' Absolutely savage clapback.
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#25> 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 d…
It wasn’t a joke, I don’t believe anyone can read it and think he was trying to be funny.
I doubt he meant it particularly literally, but there’s little question it was written with malice.
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#26IMO, it is bad to threaten people with painful deaths. Apparently that is a controversial opinion within this community.
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#30You'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.
I don't see how it makes it any better that it was a quote. The quote still had words in it. Does Garry Tan think the entire world listens to Tupac? And what wisdom does Tupac really have to offer in this case?