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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by pm90 on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @02:22AM (#30524723)
I have also never heard of this sort of patting shoulder behavior but I think we have to accept it as a truth if it’s something being reported by many people.

Caste and class divisions run very deep in South Asian culture. I’m disappointed that even in tech where workers are generally highly educated this is something that continues to exist (please: I’m not talking about the necessity of a college education to be a good engineer, that’s another conversation. I’m pointing out that most tech jobs require a college education, in many cases Grad School education).

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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by nindalf on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @03:00AM (#30524951)
Why the alleged patting behaviour seems unlikely - even if it worked, it would only tell you if the person is a member of the relatively few castes that wear that.
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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system by thumbsup-_- on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @07:18PM (#30535395)
The point isn’t that it works or not but that is our society so down that we fall for such tactics? And also, that is it really a thing done by people or is it just made up?
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