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Entrepreneurshit? Bitch Please

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Re: Entrepreneurshit? Bitch Please

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post #2

I never want to see "Bitch Please" on the HN frontpage.

Sorry about that. I'm not a native english speaker. To my ear, 'Shit' and 'Bitch' has about the same potential offense.

It's not that it's a swear word, it's that "bitch please" feels to me like something straight out of memes/rage comics. Things like this impacted hugely on reddit's quality downfall, and I wouldn't be too avid to see this happen here.

Re: Entrepreneurshit? Bitch Please

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post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry about that. I'm not a native english speaker. To my ear, 'Shit' and 'Bitch' has about the same potential offense.

It's not that it's a swear word, it's that "bitch please" feels to me like something straight out of memes/rage comics. Things like this impacted hugely on reddit's quality downfall, and I wouldn't be too avid to see this happen here.

Gotcha. Next time, I'll watch my swearing more carefully.

Re: Entrepreneurshit? Bitch Please

#14
post #5

Not everyone is like you, who's satisfied with a small business making enough money to get by with a relatively satisfactory life. People who risk everything to make something happen don't deserve to hear "Bitch please". The people who wake up at 4am are the ones do it because they chose that life, never because VCs push them to.

As someone who worked calmly for years and made a quite reasonable amount of money, while retaining full control over everything, I must recommend the author's approach.

Re: Entrepreneurshit? Bitch Please

#15
post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's the title of the article, and what—"Shit" is permissible but "Bitch" isn't? There's some really good content here.

Yeah, it's a word used to put down females. Whereas I couldn't care less about "shit." Please edit; flagged until edited.

Oh no, we wouldn't want a few females to potentially be offended by our choice of words! Bitch, please. What's next, no rape jokes? Or are those okay because men get raped too?
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