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by alexanderh 5120 days ago
I fail to see the creepyness/offensive factor of the "Lea Verou will make your dreams come true" line (even if thats what she personally felt)

I took it to mean "programming" dreams. Whatever anyone else did with that in their own mind is their problem. Is there some missing context I'm missing? Just because the other parts of the song sorta mentioned penises, vaginas and drugs, that means they MUST be talking about sex in reference to Lea? I didnt make that connection.

I'd say those parts were much more offensive than the Lea Verou line. I had no idea who Lea Verou was before this, but now I have another great female tech role model to follow.

Overall this was extremely distasteful, and I think microsoft with all their money could provide much better entertainment

But who's to say whats popular in Norway? I certainly don't know what their social norms are. But I also dont know how this conference was marketed. Was it truly a regional event?