Comments on: Flashbelt

By: bennett

bennett — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 14:33:55 +0000

i have to say that, having followed this story back to the source from the GeekGirls website, i am truly mystified… THIS is what the whole bruhaha was about? a slide of a woman’s crotch? let’s fucking face it – if a lesbian woman had presented that slide all you crybabies would be applauding her for expressing her sexuality. but as it’s a white male – well off with his head!
i’m not just being flippant either – think about it.
all in all i’m annoyed that i spent 15 minutes of my life for something this banal.

By: simonconlin

simonconlin — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:32:02 +0000

I phoned the local and asked if they could teach me how to do the splits . He said ‘How flexible are you?’
I said I can’t make Tuesdays or Thursdays

A lorry full of tortoises collided with a van full of terrapins …it was a turtle disaster

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:18:03 +0000

I didn’t attend but what I’ve seen of it didn’t offend me and I don’t get the leap from certain images to assertions of misogyny. I wouldn’t have complained, but if I was going to critique it, I’d say the parts that fell short for me did so because at times the presentation seemed directed to men specifically. As a woman, I found those portions purely unrelatable and I would have thought that either Hoss didn’t expect me, as a woman, to be present or he didn’t feel inspired — for whatever reason — to create a presentation that could include me in on the fun too. I’m all for pushing the envelop and am fine with risque content but I think you can do it in a way that doesn’t draw lines among those in attendance. Not that you can account for every group in attendance, but it doesn’t seem wholly unreasonable to want a conference presentation to not exclude (at times) a group that accounts for half the population — or at least include a joke or two to serve as a counterpoint so that I could get in on the laughs too. Over all, it looked like a great presentation, though.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:29:56 +0000

@ Pete – Worst idea EVER??? I think that title rightfully belongs to: fragile light-bulbs up ones a$$.

Look, its a system that allows the majority to temporarily rule. Your argument is that people with good ideas will be voted off the stage – before they get to their point? Just because someone is voted off the stage, it doesn’t make what they did/say, wronge (i always spell wronge with an “e”). It simply could mean that the crowd didnt think it was worth their time ..maybe the next crowd will.

By: Podenphant

Podenphant — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:21:43 +0000

I’ve seen Hoss twice and in no way did I find it offensive. It was a bunch of laughs and I hope to see him again in the future. Now I’ve written and then deleted text for 10 minutes now and I will leave it as it is. At the current state of the disussion I expect anything to be misinterpreted. Seems to be a clash of cultures. Sad.

By: Podenphant

Podenphant — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:54:04 +0000

The movement you need is on your shoulder.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:44:46 +0000

You’re one of those people that have problems thinking before speaking aren’t you?

If you want to be risque, then you will insult people. I myself would like to see more women in the IT industry, so just don’t insult women, is it really that hard?

There are so many other demographics you could insult, how about insulting those ignorant idiot child-men who think that because they label something as a joke, no one has a right to get pissed off?

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:36:11 +0000

@ Joe – come on – that’s the worst idea ever. What progress would we ever have made if we silenced everyone who expressed ideas and opinion that 51% of the populace diagreed with? We would still believe we lived on a flat Earth.

By: Dane

Dane — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:15:19 +0000

This looks like its the same presentation from Flash on Tap, and no one there seemed to have a problem with it. Maybe it’s that no pussies showed up to Flash on Tap.

By: Enrique Ramírez

Enrique Ramírez — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:42:12 +0000

This all mess reminds me of all those RE5 being racist claims (http://www.blacklooks.org/2007/07/resident_evil_5.html).

While I do agree some of the elements of your keynote were out of place, I strongly believe people are overreacting and misunderstanding a lot.

People joke about pretty much everything all the time. I’ve joked about Jews, Religious people, Fatties, Police officers, Nazis and gays; and that doesn’t make me hate or be part of any of those groups; nor does your jokes, comments or slide’s content makes you any kind of pervert, “macho” men or magically make all of your ideas about women wrong.

Again, as someone else stated above, it’s not really about what you showed or said; it’s about where you did it.

On a side note: nice design. Love no-images designs, and you’ve done quite a nice job.