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Google fires James Damore for memo on echochamber
Karl Marx:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 09, 2017, 12:46:33 AM ---because he was fired over his lack of technical ability and not, y'know, exposing Google
I am genuinely dumbfounded by you sometimes
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Well considering he barely grasps the concept of what it means to be an engineer, let alone how to function in a company and behave like a responsible adult, I'd say it actually was the former.
--- Quote from: PhantOS on August 09, 2017, 12:49:40 AM ---it has more to do with the gender roles of society. when you give girls dolls that allow them to partake in housekeeping activities and raising children and other bullstuff you essentially instill the 'a woman's place is in the house' mentality that draws them away from tech jobs and manual labour
still, women have a small edge over men in the user interface and sociological side of the tech field, like advertising and user friendliness
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Women being socially conditioned to be more receptive towards emotions does not, in any way, correlate with a lessened technical ability. Human abilities aren't some measurable substance that has to be rationed out proportionally to specific skills.
--- Quote from: Red Spy on August 09, 2017, 12:51:10 AM ---this is as dumb as saying men are stronger because they're shoved into playing sports
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Why does it not surprise me that you would deny fundamental sociological concepts because they don't align with your politics?
GRIMLOCK_:
100% correct, but they had to fire him
Red Spy:
--- Quote from: Karl Marx on August 09, 2017, 12:53:22 AM ---Why does it not surprise me that you would deny fundamental sociological concepts because they don't align with your politics?
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trying to place yourself above me in any respect is adorable kimon
Karl Marx:
--- Quote from: Red Spy on August 09, 2017, 12:56:29 AM ---trying to place yourself above me in any respect is adorable kimon
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It's already common knowledge that you don't know what the forget you're talking about, I'm not "trying" to do anything here.
GRIMLOCK_:
--- Quote from: Karl Marx on August 09, 2017, 01:01:40 AM ---It's already common knowledge that you don't know what the forget you're talking about, I'm not "trying" to do anything here.
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the irony in this post is amazing