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Re:The User Is Drunk by knowtheory on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @08:36AM (#9262486)
If discussing gender is a threatening proposition to you, your problem is likely not that gender exists.

Also, you've admitted that gender matters since by general population statistics 50+% of your users aren't men? So like... seems like it'd be a legit topic to discuss?

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Re:The User Is Drunk by hash9 on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @09:59AM (#9262961)
It doesn't have to be discussed in every single comment page on hackernews to be taken seriously, it gets tiresome. In traditional forums john's comment would be considered a topic derailment. What does a guy testing websites drunk have to do with gender in tech?
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Re:The User Is Drunk by TeMPOraL on Wednesday March 25, 2015 @10:57AM (#9263339)
Exactly this. It not only gets tiresome, but people go batshit insane in topics about gender, and it spawns some of the most ridiculous threads on this site. I get it, it's an important topic, but not every goddamn thing boils down to women in tech issues.
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