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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by mikeash on Friday February 16, 2018 @10:24AM (#16392931)
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair

The average HN reader is a huge beneficiary of sexism. Most people do not have the mental fortitude to accept that a decent chunk of their good fortune is due to something like this.

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Re:Why I don't use my real photo when messaging with custome... by AnimalMuppet on Friday February 16, 2018 @01:04PM (#16394295)
> The average HN reader is a huge beneficiary of sexism.

I dispute that statement. (I will admit that you can find some possible benefit to the majority from sexism. "Huge" is a much larger claim, though.)

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