Microsoft Apologizes for Big Boobs

[cobra_ky]

Translation, they're both sexist towards women, because they're juvenile and therefore male-centric... Gocha.

I never said it was juvenile. That was your word, not mine. It's "male" humor because men tend to fixate on those specific body parts sexually (yes, both breasts and the penis) far more than women do. It has nothing to do with men being "immature" or anything silly like that. It's an expression of typically male sexuality. That's what makes it sexist, in my opinion.

 

[Erttheking]

...This is why I stay the fuck away from gender politics. Really stupid shit happens.

 

[Hjalmar Fryklund]

oh noooo so offensive aaahh wait what?

and lol I had forgotten about the Dead Island one completely

That story came to mind as soon as I read the line of code in Carter´s piece. Maybe I should go look it up again for a laugh.

 

[kortin]

Speaking as someone with a large rack, doesn't the world have bigger issues?

Evidently not. Quick, hide, people hate you for something you have no control over!

 

[MortisLegio]

Really? This is that big of a deal? It is childish but it isn't that big of a deal. This is just silly.

 

[Nerexor]

I get that MS had to make a statement, that's standard procedure when stupid things like this happen. But Garnett's statement is beyond ridiculous. He's claiming that one immature joke among God only knows how many lines of code is indicative of a "coding is only for boys" attitude in ALL male programmers EVERYWHERE.

Excuse me? How the fucking hell can you possibly make a claim like that? Better yet, how the FUCK was it taken seriously for even a second?

Oh right, it's taken seriously because of an entirely different set of prejudices. The ones that claim that only buck toothed socially awkward men are into computers and programming, and since they can never have sex ever they react in an immature fashion to all things sexual.

That's the real bias going on here. One programmer being an idiot is not indicative of problem. Everyone ignoring the blatant insult to an entire profession due to the stereotypes associated with it? That's a problem.

 

[Goofguy]

Slow news day, looks like MS is scrambling to cover its ass. Big friggin deal.

 

[Pearwood]

And really? How many "guy kicked in the crotch" jokes do women get to laugh at on tv? I feel perfectly fine laughing at "big boobs" in l33tsp34k.

People laugh at "guy kicked in the crotch" jokes? Someone's been watching too much shit TV. As for the topic itself eh I can imagine there being an email from some PR worker to some IT worker along the lines of "For fucks sake grow up", hence the apology. I agree with the original blog post, there is that image of software companies and stuff like this doesn't help but as for the internet drama I honestly don't care. You can say pretty much anything on the internet and mortally offend some basement dweller.

 

[Wintermoot]

that is pretty funny also I don,t really see the problem only MS coders get to see it anyway.

 

[pilouuuu]

People complaining about this are complete PU55135!

 

[Slayer_2]

Wow, people are getting offended easier and easier. I fear the future, god forbid someone sues me over my sense of humor.

Also, I'd like to point out that most programmers probably ARE male.