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>>smackt+(OP)
On some of those peak days of BLM protests, I came on here and it was like the whole thing wasn't happening. It did seem strange.

If nothing else people here should stop pretending they're above the zeitgeist. How many others remember the slashdot threads on 9/11, for example? This is a big defining moment in our times worth more conscious observance. Tech cares too.

>>asveik+h5
“Tech cares too”?

What does that even mean?

That’s the sort of sweeping generalization about a group of people that racists make.

>>waynef+8k
It means we are human beings and current events are relevant to us. We are not above it. It is not an irrelevant topic somehow beneath us.

Our professions, our tendency towards rational view of the world, should not be a mechanism to deny reality and put ourselves on pedestals, to create distance with other human beings. When we dismiss a major event as not relevant to tech that is what we are doing. I see it as somewhat egotistical.

>>asveik+kj1
So, you feel that every single niche forum must be discussing this or they're not being human?

What if this were a body building forum or a site where chefs and their kitchen cooks talk shop?

Would you feel the same way about the users of those sites?

I'm sure plenty of people in tech don't really give a shit as is their right.