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by tickthokk 3251 days ago
Woof, a lot of reply's to this one.

Everybody's taken this to mean that I'd just go around yelling "Dick" every hour on the hour, or that I would be describing last night's penetration to everybody. Of course not.

Yes you would read the room first, but I still think you should have the freedom to express yourself if you're not harming others. Just because you don't like swear words, and you hear one from me, doesn't mean that I'm harming you.

People calling it unprofessional are likely browsing HN or Reddit while at work. Not sure how much that aligns with being professional. By the way, if you're not wearing a suit right now you're being unprofessional. Maybe getting your work done is the only baseline to being professional, and saying "dick" doesn't stop me or you from getting work done.

To the people who don't think dick jokes are funny. I do. You don't. shrug
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yongjik 3251 days ago
Protip: When a lot of people disagree with you, you could either say nothing, say "I might be wrong, so let me think over it," or simply agree to disagree.

But please don't say stuff like "if you're not wearing a suit you're being unprofessional": that's absurd false equivalence, and the only thing it signals is that you're a person who hates losing an argument so much that you will pick up any argument you can think of.

It's all fine here at HN, where only imaginary internet points are at stake, but as I have said, earning such a reputation at workplace will hurt your career.

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root_axis 3251 days ago
> To the people who don't think dick jokes are funny. I do. You don't. shrug

Right... this is the reason we have professional standards, because humor is not universal and some people aren't cool with certain sexual topics. Some people think scat and rape jokes are funny too, but just because they do doesn't mean it should be permissible discussion in the office. In a professional environment we keep sexual discussion to the absolute minimum necessary because sex is a controversial topic that is completely irrelevant to the job (in 99% of jobs).

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