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by spitfire 5682 days ago
Yes, the integrity of the quote is more important than alienating a very few people who don't know history.

Aside: I wouldn't want to work with someone who got wound up about something like this.

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The men who posted the ad would have laughed their socks off if a woman responded. Sure, it's immensely inspiring, but I wouldn't have been allowed to go on that expedition back in the day and it kind of makes me feel like I wouldn't be allowed to work at AdGrok as well, or at least looked down upon ("A woman programmer? Psh! Get back to the kitchen.")