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Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at

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It's unclear from the post whether or not it's anonymous. I'd be more comfortable asking (and answering!) if I knew it was anon. Otherwise, it might be awkward, especially at a smaller company.

one of devs here...it's totally anonymous there's no login anywhere. Thanks for the feedback! please try it out and let us know :)

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a very unfortunate name. There's a long un-known, part of the population that very likely has a genetic aversion to the stuff. It's a really strong aversion. And it may be up to 5% of the population, if you believe 23andMe. http://ihatecilantro.com/

No offense but I don't see how that matters at all in this context.

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a very unfortunate name. There's a long un-known, part of the population that very likely has a genetic aversion to the stuff. It's a really strong aversion. And it may be up to 5% of the population, if you believe 23andMe. http://ihatecilantro.com/

I am one of those people. The worst part of eating out at restaurants is finding out at the last moment that they put cilantro on everything, making it inedible. It might as well be called tryratpoison.com. The site is not as unpleasant as cilantro so I will overlook it for now.

How can you possibly hate cilantro? It's smells so incredibly fresh and amazing, plus you can get more than you can eat before it goes bad for like 49 cents at any grocery store.

Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at

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This is an excellent idea. Kudos! Would love to see this grow and evolve as a primary way for prospective employees to do their due diligence. Quick Question - How do you guys ensure that the employees are actually employees at Zynga etc. once it expands beyond friends and family?

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a very unfortunate name. There's a long un-known, part of the population that very likely has a genetic aversion to the stuff. It's a really strong aversion. And it may be up to 5% of the population, if you believe 23andMe. http://ihatecilantro.com/

And I don't use Python because I hate snakes.

Re: Show HN: Cilantro - Chat 1:1 with employees at companies you'd like to work at

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am one of those people. The worst part of eating out at restaurants is finding out at the last moment that they put cilantro on everything, making it inedible. It might as well be called tryratpoison.com. The site is not as unpleasant as cilantro so I will overlook it for now.

How can you possibly hate cilantro? It's smells so incredibly fresh and amazing, plus you can get more than you can eat before it goes bad for like 49 cents at any grocery store.

There is a genetic predisposition toward finding it terrible. That's like asking a colorblind person "how can you mix up red and green; they're totally different?"

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am one of those people. The worst part of eating out at restaurants is finding out at the last moment that they put cilantro on everything, making it inedible. It might as well be called tryratpoison.com. The site is not as unpleasant as cilantro so I will overlook it for now.

How can you possibly hate cilantro? It's smells so incredibly fresh and amazing, plus you can get more than you can eat before it goes bad for like 49 cents at any grocery store.

It's genetic. It has a very unpleasent soap-like taste. Even if there's a little bit it tastes like someone put a bar of soap in your meal.
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