[mgraczyk]

Wow, if that's the most alienating experience she has had, I am envious. As a male engineer who does not like sports, I've had far worse experiences involving outright ridicule when I asked to watch something besides a game.

I didn't blog about it though, because I have real problems far more vexing than not having 100% compatibility with my coworkers.

[fleitz]

That's because we don't tolerate dissent in the ranks, you either conform, or you get tough enough to stop taking other people's shit.

Like the downvotes I will take for this post, I'd rather speak my mind than have more 1 bits on some server somewhere.

[scrollaway]

With 2649 days on HN, how do you not realize that the only reason someone would downvote your post is because you're pre-empting downvotes?

That one addition to your post turned it into a passive-aggressive rant. Well done speaking your mind, I guess?

[spacemanmatt]

That's not true. People dv here for pretty petty reasons all the time.

[Jommi]

and how do you know that..?

[golergka]

I'm downvoting this comment for two reasons. First, while your sentiment about conforming is unfortunately close to the truth in a lot of cases, you present it in a very simplified way that doesn't represent a lot of nuances of team dynamic — and I hate it when complex things are oversimplified. Second, you predict getting downvotes — which is passive-aggressive behaviour that tends to create conflict in conversation out of nothing.