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Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by sctb on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:43PM (#15753173)
You're violating the guidelines by commenting like this. If you won't start posting civilly and substantively we'll ban the account. That means—especially on controversial topics—cleaving to the subject at hand and not fighting some secondary ideological battle.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by ncallaway on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:08PM (#15752967)
> I don't believe any mental or emotional distress was suffered

I don't believe a grown up adult human being with an ounce of empathy could hold the beliefs that you hold. And yet, you exist and hold those beliefs. I presume you're an adult human and that you do have empathy for others.

Sometimes things happen that challenge our beliefs. Maybe a better approach would be to ask why your beliefs don't seem to line up to reality, instead of ignoring the evidence in front of you.

If you keep denying this social change, you're going to sound exactly like the old family member at Thanksgiving that says racist things. Society will have moved on and left you behind.

Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by jeffjose on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @07:15PM (#15753005)
> Someone who can't tolerate the "stress" of being hugged is never going to be able to pull together Toy Story. As someone who worked in Hollywood, you cannot be farther from the truth.

Movies are not produced by aliens. They are done by people like you and I. Similar to people who work at Uber, or Google, or Goldman Sachs. Or at your employer. There isnt a "hollywood" type.

Re:John Lasseter taking a leave of absence amid reports of i... by s73ver_ on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:50PM (#15752867)
So again, you're of the opinion that unwanted physical contact from your superior is not a problem?