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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by ZoF on Sunday March 16, 2014 @03:58AM (#7408503)
Yeah, I found that to be the oddest part; that after so much bullshit, that was the last straw. It was almost too anti-climatic of an ending to this sexism/crazy-founder/wife tale.

Agreed though, completely 100% justified in getting out of that shit, glad the story got told as well.

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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by greenrd on Sunday March 16, 2014 @07:23AM (#7409037)
The "last straw" literally means a last small thing, FYI.
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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by ZoF on Sunday March 16, 2014 @08:58AM (#7409268)
Isn't that how I used it?
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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by greenrd on Sunday March 16, 2014 @10:58AM (#7409615)
Yes, but a last straw is by definition a small thing, so of course it's going to be a small thing. Real life is not a novel.
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Re:Julie Ann Horvath Describes Sexism and Intimidation Behin... by ZoF on Sunday March 16, 2014 @11:18AM (#7409685)
Ahhhh, gotcha gotcha, rereading it I completely see what your point was.

In fact I'm pretty embarrassed to not have parsed your meaning the first time, my initial thought was just that I had misused the phrase in some way.

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