Liz Highleyman@lizhighleyman.bsky.social·2026-09-27T17:15:08.607Z
Sadly, this whole thing takes me back to my 20s & the problematic sex & gender relations in the bleeding-edge tech scenes of the 1980s. Same personalities involved, but there’s a *lot* more $$$ & power at play now, making things even more fraught.
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Hisses with Geese@dasparky.bsky.social·2026-09-27T17:30:39.770Z#
Jeezus. Glad I was never considered cute enough to be pressured into joining one of these things.
Liz Highleyman@lizhighleyman.bsky.social·2026-09-27T18:26:55.603Z#
I’d hardly be considered conventionally pretty, but as this discussion points out, that kind of bleeds over to all women.
Hisses with Geese@dasparky.bsky.social·2026-09-27T23:19:22.268Z#
Good point.
Batdog@jeffreyschmeffrey.bsky.social·2026-09-27T17:34:47.681Z#
Also pretty sure all these dudes watched Wolf of Wall Street. Sometimes things are that simple
Voltaireon - 5 caustic French philosophers in a trenchcoat@shaidorsai.bsky.social·2026-09-27T17:18:26.947Z#
I mean, the whole sexed-up persona of Killcreek was very deliberately calculated as a marketing strategy for Id, IIRC.