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Re:Sexism is not funny, let's stop laughing by ZoFreX on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @09:14AM (#5206844)
> Then maybe try to fix that instead of complaining about bikinis in powerpoint presentations?

Why can't we do both? Maybe the problems are related? It's wrong (although a common argument) to insist everyone be working on the single most important problem all of the time.

What are you working on right now? Grails app? Game? It's less important than curing malaria, so you should drop what you're working on and go do that.

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Re:Sexism is not funny, let's stop laughing by jseliger on Tuesday February 12, 2013 @09:38AM (#5207040)
>Why can't we do both? Maybe the problems are related?

That's a fair comment. But they might not be, and conflating the two might itself be a problem. See my comment here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5206857 for more.

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