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  1. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~science

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    The thing that always bugs me is that using income as a criteria for scholarships isn’t fairer than intelligence. Or we can go to an extreme and say that we will help ugly people or something like...

    The thing that always bugs me is that using income as a criteria for scholarships isn’t fairer than intelligence.

    Or we can go to an extreme and say that we will help ugly people or something like that.

    I’m not convinced that the criteria has to be income. I think it needs to be a formula of several variables, but unfortunately I don’t know which variables to use.

    I think I like the French way. Rich or poor, the engineering schools are 600€ per year. But only the smartest can get it.

    But then you get a problem in a step before, rich people go to better high schools and can hire tutors so they can have better chances of getting into such school. It’s not perfect either. It’s a complex problem.

    With the income criteria you will always have a group too rich to get help and too poor to actually succeed in their own.

    I’m just throwing ideas. I don’t know what is the best way.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Metric - Art of Doubt (2018) in ~music

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    Thanks for the link. I have tickets for a show on October and can’t wait

    Thanks for the link. I have tickets for a show on October and can’t wait

    1 vote

  3. Comment on FML | Why millennials are facing the scariest financial future of any generation since the Great Depression in ~finance

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    I heard that the context of developed countries had changed and now it’s not just the blue collar workers that need protection (aka unions or strict labor laws) but now the exploited masses are...

    I heard that the context of developed countries had changed and now it’s not just the blue collar workers that need protection (aka unions or strict labor laws) but now the exploited masses are white collar workers, and we need some sort of protection. As we have seen, going alone and trying to negotiate doesn’t work. We need a new lever

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Casual Conversation 30/07/2018 - for random chit chat and nonsense that doesn't fit elsewhere. in ~talk

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    Is there anything interesting going on in your life?

    Is there anything interesting going on in your life?

  5. Comment on What have you been listening to this week? in ~music

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    I’m going to a Metric’s concert, I’m quite happy

    I’m going to a Metric’s concert, I’m quite happy

    1 vote

  6. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    I really think that it’s the same feeling being called girl or boy. Here’s the logic. We can call women either women, lady, gal or girl, do we agree? Then we say that girl has two meanings: Female...

    I really think that it’s the same feeling being called girl or boy.
    Here’s the logic.
    We can call women either women, lady, gal or girl, do we agree?
    Then we say that girl has two meanings:

    1. Female child
    2. Female guy

    I think up until now we are all on the same page.
    Being called girl at an office context makes you feel as being called female child. So I was just trying to show him how we feel at the office when we’re called that.
    And how can I make him feel being called female child? By imagining being called male child.
    I’m not saying the intent of the manager was to call her child. But what I am saying is that it made her feel like being called female child, which is totally valid given that it is one of it’s possible meanings (that we agree the manager didn’t meant it).
    So maybe next time you want to call a woman girl at a professional context, it might be good to think that she might feel like being called boy (which of course it isn’t the message you want to convey).

    1 vote

  7. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    Independently of what you said about them being used interchangeably. I’m just asking your opinion on this: Would you be ok if your manager announced you being hired as We hired this boy Yes or no?

    Independently of what you said about them being used interchangeably. I’m just asking your opinion on this:
    Would you be ok if your manager announced you being hired as We hired this boy
    Yes or no?

    3 votes

  8. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    Woman in tech here. One day we were chosing photos to post on our office walls. We had like 20 options and we had to chose some number around 7. There where photos of graffiti paintings. Before we...

    Woman in tech here. One day we were chosing photos to post on our office walls. We had like 20 options and we had to chose some number around 7. There where photos of graffiti paintings.
    Before we settled the final photos, I just pointed out that we had 2 photos picturing women (there were young, pretty women) and no photos of men. All the guys just said that the men were ugly and laughed it off. It pissed me off, I mean, the reason I brought it up wasn’t to also objectify men in the office, it was to point out how we were objectifying women.
    Just ranting here and I felt like you might understand.

    8 votes

  9. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    I think you’re confusing sexism and intentional sexism. In my opinion

    I think you’re confusing sexism and intentional sexism. In my opinion

    7 votes

  10. Comment on We hired a man and a "girl" in ~tech

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    Would you be ok if your manager announced you being hired as: We hired this boy ?

    Would you be ok if your manager announced you being hired as:
    We hired this boy
    ?

    4 votes

  11. Comment on Hi tilders; In my first relationship ever. Any advice? in ~life

  12. Comment on What Have You Been Listening To This Week? in ~music

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    Turn by The Wombats

    Turn by The Wombats