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Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by josephagoss »

DannoHung wrote: post #42

Fuck anyone who buys this. Adria did a real mean thing in response to some juvenile jokes, but this is the real fucking problem and if someone got shamed for this , they'd deserve it.

Get shamed for this? Sometimes I feel I live in a different world to the people in this forum.

Even my feminist friends would have no problem with this stuff, its all a bit funny.

What did Linus say? "I like offending people, because I think people who get offended should be offended"

I like that quote, why? Because some people get offended too easily which makes everyone's life a little harder.

I think maybe Adria wanted to be the center of attention, and she was on a "Joan of Arc" mission which is a little self-involved. Wouldn't you agree?

At the end of the day, it was a joke, you people in the tech community need to lighten up, everyone is so serious here. You should come to Australia and have some fun, although you will probably get offended.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by mbetter »

DannoHung wrote: post #42

Fuck anyone who buys this. Adria did a real mean thing in response to some juvenile jokes, but this is the real fucking problem and if someone got shamed for this , they'd deserve it.

I don't get it, are you mad that you actually paid for AutoCAD?

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by icambron »

etchalon wrote: post #58
vacri wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Karen Cheng appears to be a woman. Or are you using 'guys' in the gender-neutral sense?

I was sort of using it in the "As best I can tell, all these people are dudes", sense. Like, Finbarr is a dude. If there's a girl involved, maybe that's less terrible. And yes, I realize how ridiculous that is, but that's just kinda how these things work.

> And yes, I realize how ridiculous that is, but that's just kinda how these things work.

Maybe they work that way in the common view of things, but if you think it's ridiculous, then why do you think it? You get to decide.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by icambron »

karenxcheng wrote: post #64

Hi, I designed the shirt. I didn't intend for this to come off as mean spirited. There have been overreactions on both sides of this whole mess. We made this shirt because we believe that it's okay to laugh at potty humor and support women in tech at the same time. Also I do want to make it clear that we are not affiliated with Girls Who Code, we just support their cause.

FWIW, I think it's great. One of the things that bugged me about this whole sordid business was the crazy and untrue implication that women are too dainty to handle off-color jokes, or that if you think they're funny, then you're against women in tech. I think this is an appropriate and reasonable, not to mention fun, response.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by aneth4 »

kaonashi wrote: post #28
zethraeus wrote: post #12

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.

Humor is the last refuge of those who refuse to be tied down by other people's issues.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by Finbarr »

citizenkeys wrote: post #32
Finbarr wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I created a campaign for a women's shirt. Will add a link to the site in a moment: http://teespring.com/forkmydonglew

If you could somehow merge the two campaigns, then you'd be able to reach your goal faster. I know the Watsi.org campaign somehow offered both regular and ladies' sizes ( http://teespring.com/hntees ). There wasn't a way to add the ladies' sizes to the original campaign?

Great idea! We were able to do this - both campaigns now on one page!

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by etchalon »

icambron wrote: post #73
etchalon wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was sort of using it in the "As best I can tell, all these people are dudes", sense. Like, Finbarr is a dude. If there's a girl involved, maybe that's less terrible. And yes, I realize how ridiculous that is, but that's just kinda how these things work.

> And yes, I realize how ridiculous that is, but that's just kinda how these things work. Maybe they work that way in the common view of things, but if you think it's ridiculous, then why do you think it? You get to decide.

I think that way for the same reason most people think that way: It's OK for the oppressed to mock the powerful, but dickish when it's the other way around.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by reustle »

etchalon wrote: post #18

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…

Karen, the designer of the shirt, is a girl https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5421513

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by erikpukinskis »

etchalon wrote: post #58
vacri wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Karen Cheng appears to be a woman. Or are you using 'guys' in the gender-neutral sense?

I was sort of using it in the "As best I can tell, all these people are dudes", sense. Like, Finbarr is a dude. If there's a girl involved, maybe that's less terrible. And yes, I realize how ridiculous that is, but that's just kinda how these things work.

I think it can still be terrible, even if women are doing it. Women do all kinds of terrible things.

Re: Fork My Dongle

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Post by clicks »

nicedongle wrote: post #46
[deleted] wrote: post #43

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We got your back quite literally: https://teespring.com/DongleGate

So, to be clear, unlike submitted link's teespring payment arrangements (100% of proceeds will be donated to Girls who Code), 100% of proceeds on your link will be going to your pocket. Not knocking on you, just making it clear you hold no affiliation to the 'Girls who Code' organization as well.
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