Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can afford $3M to Omarchy?

Re:Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can affo... by soraminazuki on Monday September 14, 2026 @07:08AM (#49694933)

> You display a common lack of reading comprehension.

Nah, my reading comprehension is fine. If anything, you should go look up the definition for "compare" before you start grading other people.

> There’s nothing racist about it

If comparing people to wolves that should be killed based on their race isn't racist for you, what is?

> “brown” and “white” are words that you read into the text

No, it's very clear what DHH means. The Romanis (paraphrasing since DHH only referred to them by a slur) vs. the "native" Danish, the "native Brits" vs. the other 2/3 of the London population. DHH is discriminating based on skin color, that's an unambiguous fact.

> so that you could be angry

I'm not angry, just appalled at you and DHH's racism. I'm not the one angrily hurling crude insults and incoherent rants repeatedly.

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Re:Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can affo... by db48x on Monday September 14, 2026 @01:06PM (#49700338)

He did not even refer to literal Romani. The immigrants he is talking about hail from entirely different parts of the world, and notice the plural. He used that analogy because of their behavior, not because of their ethnicity. Deporting people because of their deplorable behavior is not racist, and people who say that it is devalue the word racism.

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Re:Ask HN: How can DigitalOcean not afford $50, but can affo... by soraminazuki on Monday September 14, 2026 @03:46PM (#49702838)

Despite it being so common, I'm still bewildered by people wearing their racism like a badge of honor, while at the same time trying to discredit the term so that no action can ever be described as such. Like, pick one, not both.

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