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Re: Sexism and PHP

#11

Post by PeterisP »

mobweb wrote: post #5
saurik wrote: post #4

I tried to find a picture, and came up with something that was clearly some previous t-shirt; an additional five minutes of scavaging around, and I'm still not finding it (although webandphp.com seems to have some iPhone-specific website which may be blocking me). Given that the premise of "Google juice" is flawed (what happened to rel="nofollow"?), would someone mind providing the context for this (as in, the shirt)…

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

I didn't get any relation at all between this pic and the article until reading some comments.. Ok, some juveniles might interpret it in a funny way, but I mean, in the same manner half of real surnames can be made into crude puns.

Re: Sexism and PHP

#12

Post by Tehnix »

So what? It's a penis joke? What is so bad about that if it's the case? Honestly, the only thing this (the article) accomplishes is making it appear that women have no humor...

If people are offended by this, I simply would not care. I mean, there is nothing more I'd love than to have more women in the programming world, but having people with no humor? Nah, I'd rather pass that then.

(If this comes off as sexist or anything, it isn't, it's not a thing against gender, it's a thing against peoples attitude)

Re: Sexism and PHP

#14

Post by viraptor »

PeterisP wrote: post #11
mobweb wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

I didn't get any relation at all between this pic and the article until reading some comments.. Ok, some juveniles might interpret it in a funny way, but I mean, in the same manner half of real surnames can be made into crude puns.

Could someone explain it, please? I don't know if I should read "PHPness" in a different way, or is there some context missing? I just don't get what's wrong with that text.

Re: Sexism and PHP

#15

Post by [deleted] »

mobweb wrote: post #5
saurik wrote: post #4

I tried to find a picture, and came up with something that was clearly some previous t-shirt; an additional five minutes of scavaging around, and I'm still not finding it (although webandphp.com seems to have some iPhone-specific website which may be blocking me). Given that the premise of "Google juice" is flawed (what happened to rel="nofollow"?), would someone mind providing the context for this (as in, the shirt)…

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

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Re: Sexism and PHP

#16

Post by Maxious »

PeterisP wrote: post #11
mobweb wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

I didn't get any relation at all between this pic and the article until reading some comments.. Ok, some juveniles might interpret it in a funny way, but I mean, in the same manner half of real surnames can be made into crude puns.

@viraptor: PHPness sounds like P-H-penis. "Enhance your penis" is a common spam email subject line.

Re: Sexism and PHP

#17

Post by [deleted] »

viraptor wrote: post #14
PeterisP wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't get any relation at all between this pic and the article until reading some comments.. Ok, some juveniles might interpret it in a funny way, but I mean, in the same manner half of real surnames can be made into crude puns.

Could someone explain it, please? I don't know if I should read "PHPness" in a different way, or is there some context missing? I just don't get what's wrong with that text.

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Re: Sexism and PHP

#18

Post by [deleted] »

mobweb wrote: post #5
saurik wrote: post #4

I tried to find a picture, and came up with something that was clearly some previous t-shirt; an additional five minutes of scavaging around, and I'm still not finding it (although webandphp.com seems to have some iPhone-specific website which may be blocking me). Given that the premise of "Google juice" is flawed (what happened to rel="nofollow"?), would someone mind providing the context for this (as in, the shirt)…

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

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Re: Sexism and PHP

#19

Post by nigelsampson »

Tehnix wrote: post #12

So what? It's a penis joke? What is so bad about that if it's the case? Honestly, the only thing this (the article) accomplishes is making it appear that women have no humor... If people are offended by this, I simply would not care. I mean, there is nothing more I'd love than to have more women in the programming world, but having people with no humor? Nah, I'd rather pass that then. (If this comes off as sexist or…

I must be getting old, or it's late here but I didn't get the "penis" joke till you mentioned it.

Re: Sexism and PHP

#20

Post by mobweb »

mike_esspe wrote: post #7
mobweb wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think this is the shirt the OP is talking about: https://twitter.com/webandphp/status/261241003204300801

Can you explain? :)

I also didn't get it at first, but I am not a native English speaker. I think it's a play on the phrase "Enhance your penis" that is typical for spam emails trying to sell dubious medication.

I understand that, but I fail to see how it's especially offensive women? I consider it primarily against good taste. ;)

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