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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by cube_yellow on Saturday March 01, 2014 @09:00PM (#7327307)
It looks like the average CS guy went from rather alpha to rather beta. So, the solution is for CS guys to start working out and stop playing video games. Creepy is code for unattractive, so if CS guys took much better care of themselves, socially intelligent women wouldn't be rightfully put off from CS in general.
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by quanticle on Saturday March 01, 2014 @11:52PM (#7327755)
I'm sorry, in what mystical era were CS grads ever "alpha"?
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by ChrisNorstrom on Sunday March 02, 2014 @01:23PM (#7330093)
He's insecure and judges people and himself based on how manly and muscled they are. Read his other comments. Good guy, just needs to let go of things that don't matter.
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by cube_yellow on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:50PM (#7330917)
There are no net downsides to placing a very high priority on becoming more "manly and muscled". I don't think any guy anywhere has ever regretted doing that. To me, it seems like a very obvious and neutral thing to evangelize.
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by Mz on Sunday March 02, 2014 @04:59PM (#7330950)
Creepy is code for unattractive

I am really tired of hearing that. I do not think that is what women mean when they refer to someone as "creepy." Closer to "unattractive and won't give up in the face of no" perhaps.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by cube_yellow on Sunday March 02, 2014 @05:14PM (#7331003)
You can be creepy without even saying anything. E.g. "creepy guy standing in the corner".
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by Mz on Sunday March 02, 2014 @05:37PM (#7331077)
That's true. I don't think that is evidence that "creepy" simply means "I wouldn't hit that." Body language and other things can indicate that a person behaves in a certain way, without anyone saying a word.
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