[reitzensteinm]

Is it just me or is there someone going on a downvoting spree here? I've seen at least 8 comments at 0, and I only checked the thread twice. It's kind of weird, since there's quite a high karma threshold for downvoting.

[Herring]

You guys really don't see how misogynistic these articles are, do you?

[jules]

Is that a good reason for downvoting all comments?

The example may be misogynistic, but the idea that the example is an example of is not.

Also, suppose that the genders were removed:

    X: “If I gave you a million dollars, would you sleep with me?”
    Y: “A million dollars is a lot of money, and you don’t look that bad, so I guess I would consider it”
    X: “Ok, since I don’t have a million dollars, would you sleep with me for $100?”
    Y: (outraged) “What kind of person do you think I am?”
    X: “We’ve already established the answer to that question. Now we’re just negotiating the price”

Now who is shown in a less negative light, X or Y? I'd say Y. Of course Y is also shown in a negative light.

[Herring]

>Is that a good reason for downvoting all comments?

If you think karma is the least bit important, I suggest you close your browser for a few weeks.

[dunstad]

If you read X as two X chromosomes and Y as XY, you still have genders :)

[reitzensteinm]

When I first saw the comment threads, basically everything was voted down to 0. It now feels much more like a typical contraversial thread - lots of disagreement, and a few people who've gotten strongly downvoted. I have no problem with that, it's what I expect to see.

It just kind of pissed me off to see the vandalism of presumably one person downvoting everything on the page, because only people with quite a lot of karma can downvote.

I suspect that's also why I got voted up to 7 and then back down to 1 - because people are looking at the votes now see no issue.

[roundsquare]

I suspect everyone noticed it, but decided to focus on the what the author was trying to get across instead.

Not saying thats the right thing to do, but thats my guess.

[jimbokun]

Well, according to some people elsewhere in this thread, all moral value systems are arbitrary anyways, so what's the big deal?

[axod]

I'm guessing since there is no downvote for articles, some people take their dislike of an article out on all the commenters.

[olliesaunders]

One angry person?