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Re:Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work author and YC partne... by motoko on Thursday June 21, 2007 @05:34AM (#29786)
I can't decide if it's better to be a decently attractive woman on the Internet because of the bonus charisma and attention (rule of everything a hot girl does is 100x more interesting than a man of equal talent)...

...or depressing, because you know that most everything you do is judged by that goddamn bio pic, and everyone first notices how flattering your outfit is (or isn't) before they even bother to consider the quality of your ideas... and that will never change... since that's just how people have been, will be, and always will be.

And God Help You if you ever get to be fat or ugly.

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Re:Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work author and YC partne... by jamongkad on Thursday June 21, 2007 @12:27PM (#29851)
I agree with you, that being said you still can't deny that these things are happening because of human nature...so come on lighten up and enjoy Ms. Livingston's work and contribution to the community.
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Re:Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work author and YC partne... by Tichy on Thursday June 21, 2007 @05:23PM (#29903)
I am not sure your thesis actually holds. Can you name any fat and ugly women with brilliant ideas that have been dismissed because of their looks?

And I think men are being judged based on looks, too.

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Re:Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work author and YC partne... by motoko on Friday June 22, 2007 @02:19AM (#29987)
www.valleywag.com

don't scoff, this is the nicest of the gossip that I hear going around. Haven't you ever been in a group of good-old-boys (of any age) at a bar?

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Re:Jessica Livingston, Founders at Work author and YC partne... by Tichy on Friday June 22, 2007 @05:09AM (#30010)
I haven't read much of valleywag now, but anyway - I guess it is a touchy subject. But I am pretty sure that women in a group will also comment on the attractiveness of their male colleagues. It doesn't imply that people can't work together.
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