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by jacquesm 5682 days ago
> Is the integrity of the quote more important than looking non-biased against women programmers?

Yes, absolutely. It also pre-selects for those that have a sense of humor.

If I were a woman - which I'm not - I would definitely play that to my advantage in my application.
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JabavuAdams 5682 days ago
> Yes, absolutely. It also pre-selects for those that have a sense of humor.

Why do minorities need to have a sense of humour about themselves? I do, but why do I have to to get into your club?

FWIW, I've made countless raunchy jokes that would have gotten me flagged by HR in a staid shop. The thing is -- I take responsibility for that. I.e. if I offended someone it's not necessarily because they have no sense of humour.

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Semiapies 5682 days ago
Because if the majority can't universally dismiss someone else taking offense as "having no sense of humor", then they run the risk of admitting that they might have said something wrong, or that they could have said it in a better way.

Dangit, answering rhetorical questions again...

Personally, the funny part to me is people arguing that the "integrity" of a quote that's already been hacked up must be "maintained".

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