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Re: Google reminds users to "Call Dad", makes users angry

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Post by irragal » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 3:20 PM UTC

wvoq wrote: post #86

fleitz wrote: post #16

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Couldn't agree with you more, my dad passed about 7 years ago, the OP on the ticket seems to have daddy issues. If I was her father I'd be glad she didn't call. There's a great way for the complainers to get rid of the message, stop using a service provided to you for FREE. Pay for your own server, own web interface, own backups, etc then there will be no "Call Dad" button. Until then deal with the fact that most fat…

> the OP on the ticket seems to have daddy issues. Just bookmarking this for the next time someone insists that the folks on hacker news are an egalitarian bunch who would never tolerate casual sexism.

What exactly is the casual sexism here?

Re: Google reminds users to "Call Dad", makes users angry

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Post by swah » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 8:02 PM UTC

silencio wrote: post #95

unreal37 wrote: post #81

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This reminds me of when Facebook reminded you to reconnect with friends, some dead. Glad they removed that feature. -1 to Google for this idea, but I wouldn't open a ticket or get enraged about it.

I've used FB's reconnect and "people you may know", among other features and on other sites, to great success. But it was the one time that FB reminded me to reconnect with a friend close to the anniversary of his passing that is what I think of when I think of those types of features. Facebook, Google, etc. don't just know if someone has passed away, if a parent or both parents were abusive or at all a part of your…

Perhaps a service (imalive.com) where you have to click a button every day/week/month otherwise it closes all your accounts...

Re: Google reminds users to "Call Dad", makes users angry

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Jun 20, 2011, 8:02 PM UTC

silencio wrote: post #95

unreal37 wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This reminds me of when Facebook reminded you to reconnect with friends, some dead. Glad they removed that feature. -1 to Google for this idea, but I wouldn't open a ticket or get enraged about it.

I've used FB's reconnect and "people you may know", among other features and on other sites, to great success. But it was the one time that FB reminded me to reconnect with a friend close to the anniversary of his passing that is what I think of when I think of those types of features. Facebook, Google, etc. don't just know if someone has passed away, if a parent or both parents were abusive or at all a part of your…

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Re: Google reminds users to "Call Dad", makes users angry

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Post by wvoq » Sat, Jun 25, 2011, 11:24 PM UTC

irragal wrote: post #101

wvoq wrote: post #86

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> the OP on the ticket seems to have daddy issues. Just bookmarking this for the next time someone insists that the folks on hacker news are an egalitarian bunch who would never tolerate casual sexism.

What exactly is the casual sexism here?

"Daddy issues" is a sexualized pop-Freudian phrase applied only to women. Lots of men, myself included, had rocky relationships with their fathers that caused some emotional harm and affected their later relationships, but you'll never hear immature or irresponsible men described as suffering from "daddy issues".

Moreover, the original request was a completely reasonable one: "I don't know how to turn this feature off: I've tried this and this, but it didn't work. What should I do?" When you ask a technical question and receive irrelevant, sexualized and emotionally condescending comments in response, I think that's prima facie evidence of sexism.