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Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by benologist »

pbreit wrote: post #10
ENOTTY wrote: post #3

If TFA is meant to say San Franciscans should be grateful for the gentrification of the city, then it's pretty insulting, and frankly, emblematic of the entitlement and lack of awareness in the tech community. If anything, TFA proves that life is getting better for a small segment of the population of San Francisco. 1. Chart does not discuss why unemployment is down. Is it down because there's a ton of tech workers m…

What's TFA?

Acronym for "The Fucking Article" although in this case the 'a' is an advertisement.

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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pbreit wrote: post #10
ENOTTY wrote: post #3

If TFA is meant to say San Franciscans should be grateful for the gentrification of the city, then it's pretty insulting, and frankly, emblematic of the entitlement and lack of awareness in the tech community. If anything, TFA proves that life is getting better for a small segment of the population of San Francisco. 1. Chart does not discuss why unemployment is down. Is it down because there's a ton of tech workers m…

What's TFA?

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Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

#13

Post by lbrandy »

ENOTTY wrote: post #3

If TFA is meant to say San Franciscans should be grateful for the gentrification of the city, then it's pretty insulting, and frankly, emblematic of the entitlement and lack of awareness in the tech community. If anything, TFA proves that life is getting better for a small segment of the population of San Francisco. 1. Chart does not discuss why unemployment is down. Is it down because there's a ton of tech workers m…

Blaming tech workers for misguided public policy is the kind of awful thinking that drives votes that leads to bad public policy.

I'd like to see HN do better.

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by steveklabnik »

benologist wrote: post #11
pbreit wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's TFA?

Acronym for "The Fucking Article" although in this case the 'a' is an advertisement.

For extra context, this was (originally, I think) used on /. because people would comment without reading the articles. The 'fucking' is used to communicate annoyance that it wasn't read in the first place.

An example, for this article:

OP: "Yeah, there's a lot to be thankful for, but I get delayed out of SFO because of fog almost every flight."

Reply: "TFA actually has a chart that shows that flight delays due to weather are not a problem, at least compared to other cities."

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by ruswick »

This piece is incredibly myopic and somewhat appalling. A more appropriate title would be "Things affluent tech workers should be thankful for."

The list doesn't offer any sort of context for the numbers presented, nor does it demonstrate causality in any way, shape, or form. In all likelihood, the reason that life is so good in SF is that all the people for whom life is difficult have been forced out of the city or into homelessness by entitled, privileged tech workers.

In my opinion, there is no reason to be thankful for gentrification. Gentrification destroys cities, and is responsible for the wholesale homogenization of culture. If you are thankful for the state of affairs in SF, you are part of the problem.

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by benologist »

steveklabnik wrote: post #14
benologist wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Acronym for "The Fucking Article" although in this case the 'a' is an advertisement.

For extra context, this was (originally, I think) used on /. because people would comment without reading the articles. The 'fucking' is used to communicate annoyance that it wasn't read in the first place. An example, for this article: OP: "Yeah, there's a lot to be thankful for, but I get delayed out of SFO because of fog almost every flight." Reply: "TFA actually has a chart that shows that flight delays due to we…

Urban Dictionary agrees with /. as the source but derived from RTFM -> RTFA -> TFA which makes sense:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=TFA

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by dylz »

mililani wrote: post #15

I want to see the list things San Franciscans should NOT be thankful for. Let me think of some things: 1) crazy high rents 2) lots of homeless people 3) urine smell every where 4) horrible parking and traffic 5) foggy cold summers -- maybe a plus in your book

6) poop in addition to urine

7) public transportation that goes on strike several times a year

8) 2) except with untreated mental issues due to lack of UHC and others

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by TechNewb »

ENOTTY wrote: post #3

If TFA is meant to say San Franciscans should be grateful for the gentrification of the city, then it's pretty insulting, and frankly, emblematic of the entitlement and lack of awareness in the tech community. If anything, TFA proves that life is getting better for a small segment of the population of San Francisco. 1. Chart does not discuss why unemployment is down. Is it down because there's a ton of tech workers m…

Regardless of social economic status, what the article points out are still many valid reasons to be thankful.

Re: Things San Franciscans Should Be Thankful For

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Post by erwanl »

ENOTTY wrote: post #3

If TFA is meant to say San Franciscans should be grateful for the gentrification of the city, then it's pretty insulting, and frankly, emblematic of the entitlement and lack of awareness in the tech community. If anything, TFA proves that life is getting better for a small segment of the population of San Francisco. 1. Chart does not discuss why unemployment is down. Is it down because there's a ton of tech workers m…

Regarding #2, I've heard an interesting statistic recently.

The blue workers average salary went up 5% in one year in France. The reason? Recent waves of layoff impacted lower salaries more than the others. So the average went up, but the lucky ones who kept their job didn't see an increase on their paycheck.

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