Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences • Hacker News Board

Re: Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences

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Post by psionski » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 9:56 AM UTC

nikisweeting wrote: post #120

psionski wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Penis jokes are creepy? o.O

No, but as the readers of a site called 'Hacker' News we're bound to be called "creepy nerds" every now and again.

OT: My solution to the "creepy" part - fly the freak flag high! By utilizing a direct brain-to-mouth connection, people know exactly what I am, what I'm thinking, what excites me and why (e.g. implications on humanity for some technology). Of course, some people will be uncomfortable with some of stuff I say, but that's their problem, and most people are surprisingly understanding :)

Re: Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences

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Post by RobinSong » Fri, Mar 22, 2013, 11:12 PM UTC

ersii wrote: post #19

grannyg00se wrote: post #2

"What many of you don’t know is that wasn’t the first time that day I had to address this issue around harassment and gender." A few guys making idiotic jokes amongst themselves about forking and dongle size is now considered harassment? I can understand they were probably being annoying, but I'm having trouble seeing this as harassment.

Amongst themselves? They were in public! And one of them was a sponsor of the event, none the less!

That is definitely not how you use the phrase "None the less".

Re: Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences

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Post by elvis57 » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 12:57 AM UTC

As a 56 year old gay man, and defender of women (I have two sisters), I applaud your bravery and standing up for your beliefs. Much congrats to you! You stood up for yourself, and you are a winner! Thanks for doing so.

Sincerely, Tim Monteith

Re: Forking and Dongle Jokes Don't Belong At Tech Conferences

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Post by daveyl » Mon, Mar 25, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

adriarichards wrote: post #59

firloop wrote: post #5

Google Cache as website is down http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...

No worries, I added CloudFlare so the folks who were DDoS'ing my site will have to find a new hobby.

I find your behavior just as bad, if not worse, than the immature guys that made the joke. Karma came around and bit yo. As such, no one in the community will have any respect for you anymore...