[Maro]

The only direct quote from DHH in the article seems to be this, which is quoted as being offensive (?):

> “First-world problems” shouldn’t be seen as an insult, but a celebration! Hurraaaay, I have ascended from the daily toils and tribulations of a life in the third world, so my worries may now include slow laundry machines and air conditioning, not starvation or failed states

How is this offensive? Seems like a nothing burger.

I don't know anything about this topic other than what was in this post.

[Alifatisk]

Yeah I was a bit surprised by that part

> I regret to say I am unable to support an organization which seems unable to publicly disavow a man [...] who is now apparently cheering on death via starvation in third world countries.

I do not understand how such conclusion could be drawn, I even started asking myself how any of this was related to the current issue with RubyCentral and RubyGems?

[Keyframe]

Author comes off as a bit of a Karen himself. This whole post is a waste of everybody's time.

[3D30497420]

I really had no idea of DHH's politics and I read through the linked posts and, while I don't agree with a bunch of what DHH said, none strike me as excessively extreme. Worth debating? Sure. Worth protesting? Less sure.

I will say DHH's post on Trump's return is like reading something from an alternate universe (https://world.hey.com/dhh/mega-a0f62cd4). What optimism was there in Trump's second campaign? Trump promised exactly what he's doing: retribution, tariffs, self-dealing and corruption, accelerating climate change, etc. I'm curious DHH's assessment of the past ~9 months and how it matches with his original "optimism".

[frozen_tomato]

I think it's tricky because he's vocally supporting Tommy Robinson. It's pretty similar to if he came out in support of the KKK or something like that.

As someone who did enjoy his writing it's quite shocking and really very disappointing.

[sto11z]

Yeah I came here to say this, if the author somehow understood that this is cheering for starving children, I believe he has some comperhension issues.

[keanb]

The ideology of the author needs starving children to survive. Once children stop starving, the author’s ideology is no longer useful and dies.

[IncreasePosts]

Not only a nothing burger, but isn't this "checking your privilege"?