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Seems a little mean spirited - even if for a good cause and all.
In fact, that seems to be the entire point: to be mean spirited and obviate any responsibility by claiming to support a charity.
Considered buying it. But "fork my dongle" isn't, technically, a thing. So I'd feel kinda like a poser wearing it -- like "look, I'm a l33t haxor!" who got it wrong. Or like ones of those Chinese tattoos that doesn't actually mean anything in Chinese. Or like one of those action movies with bogus hacking scenes ("enhance!"). Or like someone wearing an Iron Maiden shirt from Urban Outfitters who's never actually heard…
Exactly. It's just a reference to an unfortunate series of events that won't be worth explaining in a month. Make it 'Fork My Repo' and I'm a buyer.
So I just bought one, but am now regretting it. You need to make it clear "Girls Who Code" has nothing to do with this shirt. "We intend to give the money to Girls Who Code. In the event that they do not accept the money we'll look for another charity that supports women in tech." While I firmly stand on the side of the poor bastard who got fired for making a simple joke, I find it distasteful that a bunch of guys wo…
Quoth PG, from "What You Can't Say":
Best of all, probably, is humor. Zealots, whatever their cause, invariably lack a sense of humor. They can't reply in kind to jokes. They're as unhappy on the territory of humor as a mounted knight on a skating rink. Victorian prudishness, for example, seems to have been defeated mainly by treating it as a joke. Likewise its reincarnation as political correctness. "I am glad that I managed to write 'The Crucible,'" Arthur Miller wrote, "but looking back I have often wished I'd had the temperament to do an absurd comedy, which is what the situation deserved."
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Exactly. It's just a reference to an unfortunate series of events that won't be worth explaining in a month. Make it 'Fork My Repo' and I'm a buyer.
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You're a bit behind in the news. It looks like things will work out OK for the guy [1], and the girl did get fired [2]. As a footnote, public shaming was how we got into this mess in the first place, so I wouldn't wish that on anyone. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5398681 [2]: http://blog.sendgrid.com/a-difficult-situation/
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In fact, that seems to be the entire point: to be mean spirited and obviate any responsibility by claiming to support a charity.
There was really no intention to be mean spirited. The idea was just to shift the focus onto something relevant. Girls Who Code is a great cause. There's no need to buy a shirt to donate.
Sorry, but I'm skeptical.
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In fact, that seems to be the entire point: to be mean spirited and obviate any responsibility by claiming to support a charity.
There was really no intention to be mean spirited. The idea was just to shift the focus onto something relevant. Girls Who Code is a great cause. There's no need to buy a shirt to donate.