Am I the only one who thinks the Valley is getting too damn PC?

How on God's earth is this insulting? Its a pun on relationship dynamics. People bitch about guys/girls in relationships ALL the time. I have a female coworker to complains loudly about her boyfriend and uses generalities like "oh you know how GUYS are" and everyone laughs.

IF the programmer said - Maven is like Female Programmers

- Can't code worth a damn

- Takes 10x longer to finish a task etc

(I'm giving an example here - don't crucify me).

Then YES, that IS insulting.

I was being sarcastic. Of course it's not insulting. Not if you are a girl (sorry, WOMAN), guy, objectophilic, or even a computer. It simply is a great kind of funny example in a presentation.

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The sad thing is, your comment hit the nail on the head so well I read it as being genuine and not sarcastic at first.

I thought 'objectophillic' clearly gave away the sarcasm...

As a society, we shouldn't act based on what may or may not offend others. Your comment insulted me, but you still said it anyway.

So wait, something is insensitive ONLY because it references a minority group? So the exact same statement if made towards a majority group is fine then?

Things are not insensitive only with reference to minority groups but the issue is more blatant when it is. All-in-all it's just in poor taste minority or not.

I disagree completely! Look, I'm gay, and I pretty often see references to my minority, sometimes portrayed as a bunch of flamboyant guys, and many other things. The thing is, it would be stupid for me to get offended about that, because it is not a personal insult, but rather a remark on a stereotype which, truth be told, has some substance in it.

In the same way, I would say girlfriends tend to complain a lot (and gay boyfriends too, btw, you can take my word for it), midgets are not tall, and brogrammers are kind of annoying, so let's not be ridiculous and fall into the stupidity of political correctness, and accept a joke when it is nothing more than that.

Question for gay guy who just posted- would you be offended by a fashion start up that said it's target market were young women and gays in their deck?

No. I wouldn't. Why would it offend me?

It sounds like a lrgitimate niche. I mean, I would most likely not buy from them, as I hardly fit into the stereotype, but I know a gazillion guys who do.

I fail to see how that would be more offensive than a startup targeting seniors, wine lovers or kids.

Your comment is blast of much needed fresh air.

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@ 8:17 pm: ++1

Meant ++1 for comment @5:54 pm

If you are gonna let a bunch of jerks ruin your dream, then you don't deserve to succeed (that is a quote I adapted from Legally Blonde, great source for inspiration)

Well when those jerks are the hiring managers or first line supervisors, you might have a problem.

Start your own company. Then you can decide who to hire. It's what I did, and it feels great.

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Few women work in the field because few women like to do programming. Look at highschool, how many girls vs boys have an interest in programming? That's before any possible sexist environmint can discourage them to stop in the field.

Correction: Discourage them to continue in the field