The memo commits a lot of what future philosophers will call "Appeal to Chezness", in which the writer claims cutting out certain terms and using a whole bunch of the equivalent of "I'm not X but..." qualifiers somehow makes it a passing standard, and a shocked affectation can be taken when people suggest the writer might be hiding behind a thin veil.

That's not what he's saying at all.

What he IS saying, is that Google's environment predominantly plays to male strengths. Maybe if we stopped that - and here are my suggestions, we'd have more women working here. He's not even suggesting lowering the standards - he's suggesting changing the standards.

What you're saying is:
"James is suggesting that Google measures employees by who can lift more weight. Since men are on average stronger than women, women don't belong here."

What James IS saying is:
"We do not need to measure who can lift the most weight in order to be the best Google we can be - it's irrelevant to being a good engineer.. Let's think of other ways to measure how we can be the best Google we can be - here are my ideas."

Takings things literally is an SJW trait? What?

I tend to have serious concerns when policy or conclusions are driven by generalities defined as "on average".

It's the same exact argument SJW's make when pointing to the disproportionate impact crack laws have on black people, while ignoring the disproportionate impact opioids and meth have on white people, in order to label the tough on crime bull**** of the 80's as racist.

Yep. Dead giveaway. That and no sense of humor.

And if it's not in a peer reviewed journal, it doesn't exist.

By the way, Clovis hasn't been let out of his crate today.

Must have been a naughty boy.

The 1st sentence is fine.

"Personally chose straight off an abyss of talking about genitalia of others and greatness slogan chain email bot troll discriminators hooking for partisans and bathroom-scared folks."

I get the general gist here but I wouldn't exactly call this comprehensible.

I've been trying to ignore your spew but looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooool

It is.

ya that was pretty amazing. the other guy advocating shorting google stock in about year. that was great too.

I had always thought that these guys were just trolling and didnt actually believe the stuff they said and were just angry and trying to score points. other than wil ofc. but man, they actually do believe it. I cant wrap my head around it.

I don't know anything about California employment laws, but surely you could determine someone discriminated in favor of minorities in exactly the same way you'd determine that they discriminated against minorities.

Yeah, I mean, the whole thing was mostly bull**** but that last part is what took it over the line into this-isn't-even-worth-taking-seriously territory.

Like, I hate to break it to you deplorables but that's the main reason nobody here really had/has any interest in debunking the thing point by point. If you guys put forth a general notion about this specific form of workplace 'discrimination' then Damore is hurting your case if his memo is thoroughly dissected.

We thought we were being nice.

If you want to say people like Time Cube Guy are discriminated against at institutions of higher learning, it's probably a good idea to NOT really explore what Time Cube Guy himself is specifically saying.

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Damn Jiffy, so close to not making yet another gloriously stupid post.

Just switch those two bolded items and you're golden.

As long as he said "Not all Jews" I think he's in the clear.

Then I think it might just be a subjective taste situation.

We have our Ernest Hemingways and we have our James Joyces, and everything in between. Oddly enough I'm not a fan of actual Joyce but I am a fan of Joyceian posters.

The real problem is a lack of copy editors. A typo or autocorrect in a Joyceian post could totally gum up the works.

You might get a kick out of this:

https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/...uper-bowl-xlii


James Joyce


Thusly and thricely slaked he uptrod the spiral staircase and fancied for himself only a briny frieze.

— Give out, Jesuit, or forever in peace may you lie.

Sardonic, sardonic was the smile then adopted. It can twist forever (if the vicars will allow, if the oxen pull the plow).

— Dearly beloved, he quipped through shut mouth, did not Rapunzel cry from on high?

She skipped with a slow whistle to the first stone slab. As at Young Colin’s, on the eve of Fata Morgana, all rose quietly. How could it be remiss?

Thanatopsis. Requiescat In Pace.


Prediction: Unclear



My list of favorite spanktbw posts would get too lengthy, but this was a recent gem, emphasis mine.

Well obv not ALL Jews, come on. That would just be bananapants crazytown.

Another hallmark of the right is they think the funniest thing on earth is racism. Those minorities just can't take a joke.

No, the funniest things are earth are dogs on the internet. Everyone knows this. Glad someone let you out though - we were getting worried.

You're too kind but the PC movement in the UK really get's the credit.

Although you missed the point. What the writer claims about themselves is of no relevance to chezzing or being PC.

I applaud your commitment to this "joke" that wasn't funny the first time. Maybe the 15th time is when it becomes a gut buster. Fingers crossed.

You're misinterpreting me. I said dogs on the internet are funny, I didn't say they had a sense of humor.