Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by rayiner on Saturday September 07, 2019 @06:13PM (#20906933)

I’m pretty sure most bars require you to be 21 (maybe 18 in Europe)?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by ryanlol on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:06PM (#20907265)

And why would that exclude girls? Would “girls’ night out” be an unusual expression where you’re from?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by rayiner on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:16PM (#20907321)

So is “boys night out” but you wouldn’t refer to grown men as boys.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by lodi on Saturday September 07, 2019 @07:51PM (#20907503)

Sure you could: "that board of directors is a boys club" is not a statement about some corporation being literally run by children.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by FDSGSG on Sunday September 08, 2019 @07:04AM (#20909772)

https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...

In many of your comments you discuss your girlfriend. Should we assume that you're talking about an underage girl?

If you're going to engage in this sort of weird pedantry you should be careful lest you paint yourself a pederast.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by bonoboTP on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:23PM (#20907666)

There is no female equivalent to "guy", so "girl" is used instead.

You're intentionally misinterpreting things.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by wiggles_md on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:36PM (#20907717)

Isn’t “gal” the equivalent?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by scarejunba on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:51PM (#20907790)

That makes you sound like a rootin' tootin' cowboy.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by grandmczeb on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:02PM (#20907557)

I don’t know if this is a cultural thing, but at least in California I hear the word “boys” used to refer to grown men pretty frequently.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by rayiner on Saturday September 07, 2019 @08:19PM (#20907644)

I’ve never heard a grown man referred to as a “boy” except in the pejorative sense/as part of a turn of phrase.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by grandmczeb on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:16PM (#20907901)

Here's [1] an example of using the word "boys" to refer to young men on a college football team in a way that I don't think fits either category. I used a northwestern fan site given the email address in your profile, but I found similar examples across lots of different sites.

[1] https://www.insidenu.com/2017/8/30/16200774/northwestern-foo...

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over J... by inflatableDodo on Saturday September 07, 2019 @09:14PM (#20907892)

'Boys from the Blackstuff' :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boys_from_the_Blackstuff

'American Red Cross – Our boys need SOX' :

https://propagandaposterstore.com/product/american-red-cross...

'Old boy' :

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/old-boy

edit - could also just go straight to the entry for 'boy' :

'a male child or, more generally, a male of any age'

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/boy