[yung_endian]

>That seems high to me, from my own experiences.

It's almost as if your own individual experiences are not indicative of population-level trends at large

[joenot443]

Just a friendly reminder as I noticed you're new - patronising, nonproductive comments like this don't go over as well here as they do on reddit.

[screaminghawk]

I don't think the comment is nonproductive. The majority of "women in tech" issues like this post is referring to, are belittled/misunderstood due to the differences in individual experiences. It's a fair comment to point out at this sometimes works in the reverse as well (i.e. sometimes there are more woman and/or fewer problems).

[seizethecheese]

Your comment is equally patronizing.

[shawndumas]

but it was productive

[yung_endian]

I've been lurking here since it started. It's not patronizing - it's pointing out a basic statistical fact. Has the bar on HN truly fallen so low that pointing out that anecdote != data is now considered rude?

[StavrosK]

"Pointing out" is what you did, "rude" was how you did it.

For example:

"It's almost as if you don't understand that rudeness is about the tone instead of the content".

Or:

"It looks like you're trying to move the goalposts; would you like some help with that?"

Or:

"> 'It's not patronizing - it's pointing out a basic statistical fact' Interesting how you think the two are mutually exclusive."

Etc.

[vacri]

It's really weird that you've been on the site for 10 years and only just now decided to bust forth with a handful of comments of this low quality.

[chrshawkes]

"Has the bar on HN truly fallen so low that pointing out that anecdote != data is now considered rude?"

yes... yes it has :)