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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by nnja on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:05PM (#5398476)
As a female attendee of Pycon this year I was overwhelmed by all the friendly people I met. Now maybe my sense of humor is juvenile or coarse but what was overheard is a joke I'd probably make myself.

Keep in mind Pycon was attended by plenty of minors so making adult themed jokes in a crowded room was really not the smartest move. Regardless it clearly states in the Code of Conduct (https://us.pycon.org/2012/codeofconduct/) that the correct action is to find a staff member and report it and NOT post someones picture on twitter attached to hearsay.

If the comments were directed at OP that's a different story but that doesn't seem to be the case. When I go back to Pycon next year I don't want to be treated differently and as a sound minded adult I certainly don't need people to censor themselves around me.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by zshprompt on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:25PM (#5398541)
Thank you. I agree with you 75%.

Just because you would make this joke does not mean that someone cannot find it offensive. Adria was offended, and good for her for speaking up.

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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by ianschenck on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:30PM (#5398557)
Yet later she posts about playing cards against humanity. So Hitler, dead babies, and afterbirth are hilarious but a sexual innuendo is not. Got it.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by colabug on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @01:14AM (#5399106)
The card game didn't have the same audience as the comments made. Also you are making assumptions about how she plays the game and what she would find funny.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by ColdFingers on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @08:08AM (#5400359)
I do believe the person intended the joke to be private. It wasn't smartest or most mature thing to do, but I don't think it's much different from a couple guys texting each other jokes and Adria just happened to caught a glance of their cellphone screen.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by zshprompt on Tuesday March 19, 2013 @03:30AM (#5399446)
agreed card game is completely irrelevant in completely different setting. very funny game btw.
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by nnja on Monday March 18, 2013 @10:47PM (#5398602)
Do you think she would have been offended if she overheard the same joke coming out of my mouth?
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Re:Inappropriate comments at pycon 2013 called out by yellowSchoolBus on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:52PM (#5418381)
If I may be so bold as to ask, in your opinion, are there any minimum requirements for being offended? That is to say, if apples offend me, and you're eating an apple, is it noble of me to speak up?
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