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1. dewitt+72[view] [source] 2014-01-25 17:26:56
>>_yfoe+(OP)
Is the "bro" intended to be ironic, or are the creators actually not aware that the term is used to represent the worst (most misogynistic, most crass, least mature, least dependable) people currently flocking to the industry? It is by its very definition exclusionary.

I suppose "brogrammers" might be a target audience, but the concept of the tool itself is pretty good for just about anyone. Shame about the name.

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2. mkr-hn+v2[view] [source] 2014-01-25 17:32:47
>>dewitt+72
Bro transcends a single very new and very narrowly-distributed usage.
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3. dewitt+I2[view] [source] 2014-01-25 17:36:40
>>mkr-hn+v2
I think a lot of people are familiar with the term. It is not a compliment.

See http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bro.

"Obnoxious partying males who are often seen at college parties."

"An alpha male idiot. This is the derogatory sense of the word (common usage in the western US): white, 16-25 years old, inarticulate, belligerent, talks about nothing but chicks and beer"

"A usually white young male, found commonly in places like san bernardino county in california, as well as orange county."

"Deeply racist, yet vulture-ize black culture with attempts to be "down", while living as far from any ghetto as humanly possible."

It goes on like that for 36 pages.

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4. Dewie+LR[view] [source] 2014-01-26 09:55:30
>>dewitt+I2
I don't get it. If someone made a command called "bi###", people would feel that it was hostile towards women - and understandably so. But then someone creates a command with a name that - by your account - is hostile towards a certain kind of male archetype, that name is... hostile towards women?
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