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usonian

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4. First time I glanced only at the headline, I thought he meant population, as in most programmers are male

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Sat Mar 23, 2024, 01:51 AM

Mar 2024

But Noooooooooh

Talking about behavior is making a generalization, and in this case, a smear as well.

Some people never grow up.

I worked at Cal, and never offended anyone because I thought about what I was going to say, and how it might be perceived, before saying it.

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