Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by gamegoblin on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:43PM
(#6907614)
I know that this is satire, but after reading through some "code" on the bitbucket, I am disgusted. You'll never hear me say the word "privilege" in any kind of seriousness, but really guys? This is fucking awful.
Some snippets:
// The whole idea of main() is frankly Oppressive, in an ideal
// world there would be no main() or subroutine(), only me()
// Edit: Luckily, we now have womain(), but I still think me() is better
and
* Post-amble: Today I wrote my first reclamation program for the
* Feminist Software Foundation1 I'm sooooo excited! ^_^
* Imma cccdddrrrr loll
* I'm such a nerd!
* I think I'll write an essay on this triump over the Patriarchy!
Is this the kind of vitriolic community we want to build?
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by lawl on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:28PM
(#6907570)
Say what you want or downvote me to hell.
But I think this is great satire and hilariouisly funny.
Make sure to check the bitbucket link or it wont make much sense.
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by amputect on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:46PM
(#6907620)
It's not great satire; it's lazy, thoughless satire that punches down and does it poorly. You think it's great satire because you agree with it. This has all the wit and charm of a Ramirez global warming cartoon.
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by johnfriedman on Saturday December 14, 2013 @07:00PM
(#6907662)
How does this "punch down", exactly?
First of all, why are you implying women are beneath you?
And second, it's a handful of NEETs satirizing an established academic discipline and an extremely popular and powerful political movement. How in the name of the lord does that constitute "punching down"?
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by lbarrow on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:58PM
(#6907656)
This reminds me of "The 1/2 News Hour". It an attempt by Fox News to replicate the success of the Daily Show by making a comedy news show from a conservative perspective. Predictably, the show was so tone-deaf and unfunny that it completely failed and was quietly shut down.
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by waterlion on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:25PM
(#6907565)
"fight against the man"
Are there no male feminists? What?
There was widespread uncertainty about whether or not the 'feminist programming' article / research proposal was a joke. I'm fairly sure now that it wasn't. Is this site a satirical take on that?
"Now hosted on BitBucket, as GitHub proves to be too misogynistic to support a feminist programming language."
This can't be serious. If it is, then with logic and immaturity like that it might not get far.
EDIT:
I just scrolled down. This is very clearly satire, I didn't see the bullet points. But the whole point of satire is to get these kinds of conversations going. I'm the fall guy this time.
Re:Feminist Software Foundation
by theorique on Saturday December 14, 2013 @06:42PM
(#6907613)
Are there no male feminists? What?
Yes, there are. "The Man" is slang for "the authorities" or "the powers that be". Although in this case of course there's a double entendre.
There was widespread uncertainty about whether or not the 'feminist programming' article / research proposal was a joke. I'm fairly sure now that it wasn't. Is this site a satirical take on that?
The "feminist programming" research proposal is real.
The C+= language "spec" is a satirical response.
I guess this site is yet another satirical response pointing to the bitbucket repo?
Some snippets:
and Is this the kind of vitriolic community we want to build?Thanks for telling me what I think :)
Yes, I found it amusing, not ashamed to admit at all.
First of all, why are you implying women are beneath you?
And second, it's a handful of NEETs satirizing an established academic discipline and an extremely popular and powerful political movement. How in the name of the lord does that constitute "punching down"?
Are there no male feminists? What?
There was widespread uncertainty about whether or not the 'feminist programming' article / research proposal was a joke. I'm fairly sure now that it wasn't. Is this site a satirical take on that?
"Now hosted on BitBucket, as GitHub proves to be too misogynistic to support a feminist programming language."
https://bitbucket.org/FeministSoftwareFoundation/c-plus-equa...
This can't be serious. If it is, then with logic and immaturity like that it might not get far.
EDIT:
I just scrolled down. This is very clearly satire, I didn't see the bullet points. But the whole point of satire is to get these kinds of conversations going. I'm the fall guy this time.
Yes, there are. "The Man" is slang for "the authorities" or "the powers that be". Although in this case of course there's a double entendre.
There was widespread uncertainty about whether or not the 'feminist programming' article / research proposal was a joke. I'm fairly sure now that it wasn't. Is this site a satirical take on that?
The "feminist programming" research proposal is real.
The C+= language "spec" is a satirical response.
I guess this site is yet another satirical response pointing to the bitbucket repo?
I'm surprised you even considered it was.
EDIT: Oh. I just actually scrolled down.
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