people who are turned off by an obvious joke like that don't deserve to read this article. it was very informative and well-written.

Contrary to how some people react to the "PC police", it is possible to be funny without being super hurtful to entire categories of people for little gain.

There are levels of humour, but I agree with GP that the quoted quip is pretty rude (the toothless gum bit) , and it isn't even that funny!

Funny how the joke is always at the expense of others (handicapped, disabled, oppressed, weak) and never self-humor, innit?

The amount of good technical articles out there that I haven't gotten around to reading yet is endless, no point in reading one written by an ass.

Author of the post here. Sorry to offend you. Certainly wasn't trying to be an ass. But when you write tons and tons of programming tutorials, sometimes it's fun to introduce a little humor, otherwise it becomes extremely dull. If anything, the introduction simply pointed out the consumerism flaws related to Black Friday. I didn't mean to single out a group of people.

I find a good guide is to rewrite insults to aim at you, and your expected readers. If you don't want to do that, you probably shouldn't have put them in.

Something to keep in mind for the next time.

For what it's worth, I found the quip to be funny. I also found it to be appropriate in the context, as anyone who has braved the Black Friday crowd would (only once - lesson learned). But then again, I'm also one of those old curmudgeons who think that everybody gets their panties in a twist way to easily these days.

Translation: I've spent my life freely and casually belittling people I see as beneath me, and am annoyed that these uppity women and minorities are feeling empowered enough to call me out on it. They should all mind their place.

Being a privileged white male isn't what it used to be.

Why would you think anyone else is beneath you? I'm sorry that you feel privileged in some way because you are white, but everyone is created equal, regardless of race. You'll be a happier person if you live and let live, instead of letting people annoy you so easily.

Read it again. He's being sarcastic.

so was he

Clueless or being an ass. Tough to tell.

Hey, how do you know he's an ass? Because you think he showed poor taste in that article?

You're going too far. "Written so badly," "written by someone with poor taste," call it whatever you will. But don't insult him just because you think his joke was offensive.

Don't forget there's a human being at the other end. Getting this kind of feedback is very discouraging and disappointing.

In fact, it's not even feedback, it's just an insult.

Which, if you ask me, is poor taste.

In all honesty, this comment and its children should just be deleted. It has degenerated this entire submission and, whether or not it was intentional, ruined any sort of discussion about the crux of the matter.

If you're a bloodthirsty, toothless, middle-age woman -- sorry this submission was not meant for you. Carry on, and read another one of the millions of posts on the internet.

Just another example of elitism prevalent among the tech community.