PS3GamerKyle
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lol I would wear that shirt....but only ironically
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'Shirtstorm' Leads To Apology From European Space Scientist
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Oh man that's an onion-esque headline
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It should be satire, but it isn't.
ZombiePlatypus
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Goddamn people need to lighten up. Why can't he express some zaniness? His shirt is fun in that subversively over-the-top way.
I really, really wish he hadn't apologized.
Oh my god. Are they serious? Is this where we're at now? Depiction of the female form in any degree of erotisized or sexualized manner = Sexism ?
I really, really wish he hadn't apologized.
Oh my god. Are they serious? Is this where we're at now? Depiction of the female form in any degree of erotisized or sexualized manner = Sexism ?
Spaced Harrier
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Assholes hating on someone making a contribution to society.
What the fuck does the verge contribute?
What the fuck does the verge contribute?
bean breath
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Shirts made of a collage of panaderia calendar art?gitman does these much better imo
http://www.highsnobiety.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/12/files/2012/07/gitman-vintage-girl-print-shirt.jpg[IMG]
[IMG]http://media2.hickorees.com/image/GitmanVintageTijuanaPinupPrintShirt_L1.jpg
http://cdnd.lystit.com/photos/2913-2014/02/09/gitman-vintage-white-hula-print-short-sleeve-shirt-product-1-17425699-1-167868423-normal_large_flex.jpeg[IMG]
[IMG]http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/mavazi/cabinet/ip/gitman/gitmanvintage031_m2.jpg
made in america too
that1dude24
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tomato, tomahto.
He had too, otherwise he would be hounded to the end of his days. They bully till they get what they want.
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Man, I'm kinda oissed he had to apologize for that. Shirt was amazingly weird and I commended him for having the balls to wear it.
You think it will stop now that he apologized?
I know and I agree. Others did not agree so I'm stating my case.
neogaffer1
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They wanted to be BuzzFeed. Then Topolsky left and the only thing holding them back was gone.
Blargonaut
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Exactly.
The shirt's so absurd it's hilarious. His detractors are overreacting something fierce.
Let the man have his shirt. For what the team accomplished, he's earned that shirt. Fuck The Verge.
The ESA should paint their next high-profile mission's craft with this 'Shirtstorm' pattern, just dozens upon dozens of speedo-hunks and latex-ladies like an 'upgraded' version of the Pioneer Plaque.
But one of the things people like about tech and science jobs is that the culture (including dress code) is very lax. So while enforcing dress code for, say, things that are broadcast live for a wide audience makes sense, if the dude wanted to wear that shirt on a normal work day I feel like he should be able to without it being taken as a slight against the entire female population.
timetokill
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I really fucking hope the ESA doesn't waste the time contacting the fucking Verge... the ESA has shit that is a LOT more important to do
Fudgepuppy
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I could totally see the dude being completely oblivious. Like he's not giving a shit about what he's wearing as he's so caught up in his project, so he just takes the next thing in the wardrobe.
Like yes, it's a tacky, stupid shirt that has no place in his occupation, but people are reaaally reaching if they think he was making a statement about "NO WIMMENZ ALLOWED!".
No one deservs death threats for criticizing him, but making assumptions about his personality over a shirt is really sad.
Like yes, it's a tacky, stupid shirt that has no place in his occupation, but people are reaaally reaching if they think he was making a statement about "NO WIMMENZ ALLOWED!".
No one deservs death threats for criticizing him, but making assumptions about his personality over a shirt is really sad.
Tesseract
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bollox, it's a fun shirt that probably fits his personality.
It's such an over-the-top art style I don't see how anyone could take offence at it.
His friend will at least have a new business venture out of it anyway.
It will die down. Some of the Hardcore will still go at it, but they don't have a leg to stand on anymore since he backed down so quickly. They like to bully, but they don't like looking like the bully.
Warm Machine
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Wearing a shirt like that, he was asking to get harassed.
ZeroGravity
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It would have blown over in a day or two regardless, like this stuff always does. Why people feel they need to apologize for doing nothing wrong is forever beyond me.
plasmawave
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What's next? Men buying playboy magazine are sexist?
Its an ugly tacky shirt and it doesn't seem very professional to wear something like that.
This too, lol.
This too, lol.
There's a shitstorm for everything. I'm thinking about crawling into a pub and waiting for natural selection to kill of political correctness.
With any luck I'll emerge myself able to metabolize alcohol directly into energy, and will tell tales of the years yonder when the internet played out like mad max.
With any luck I'll emerge myself able to metabolize alcohol directly into energy, and will tell tales of the years yonder when the internet played out like mad max.
Messofanego
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You know when a really cool event happens and you're all positive after it, then go on the internet and see a shitstorm about something that seems overblown? This is like that.
That Verge article is ridiculous.
Yes, there's an air of women feeling unwelcome in the STEM field, but according to analysis from recent years "academic science isn't sexist" where job opportunities, promotions, and workplace are not biased and are actually more equal but just less women are in the field because of early social pressures back in school or lack of exposure to these fields.
NY Times: Academic Science Isn't Sexist
That Verge article is ridiculous.
Yes, there's an air of women feeling unwelcome in the STEM field, but according to analysis from recent years "academic science isn't sexist" where job opportunities, promotions, and workplace are not biased and are actually more equal but just less women are in the field because of early social pressures back in school or lack of exposure to these fields.
NY Times: Academic Science Isn't Sexist
These kind of reactions are more embarrassing than the shirt.
Eh maybe, I agree he shouldn't have done it, but I can see WHY he did it. I would even if I didn't mean it, just to call off the dogs.
That's fine but it only propagates the appearance that STEM fields are boys clubs. While amusing, this shirt wouldn't be acceptable in any other work environment.
Pankratous
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People need to get a grip and stop moaning about everything. Poor guy. Shouldn't have had to apologize for doing nothing wrong.
I'm not entirely sure why, it's a shirt.
Custom Made by a WOMAN too.
Bam Bam Baklava
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Man, I wouldn't wear that shirt if you paid me. Wish Gitman still had this available, way nicer and classy.
Not a day goes by where I don't regret getting it while I had the chance.
Not a day goes by where I don't regret getting it while I had the chance.
It's fine not to have dress codes, but then it's on the individual to know to appropriately dress oneself, which he failed at. The problem with the shirt is that it is demeaning, it's not just construed that way. It was very purposely made because "ass and titties, fuck yeah!" The argument then becomes, "well he didn't intend to make anyone uncomfortable" in which the appropriate solution is he should have it brought to his attention then like a small child who doesn't know any better made to apologize.
This article can't be serious,lol. I know it is, but this is so overblown.The Article said:
TwEE-N-Toast
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Yep, pretty much. Internet Paladins with absolutely no self awareness. Creepy group.
Tesseract
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it doesn't propagate anything unless he or its creator says it does. you're projecting.
Worn by someone in a field where women struggle to be taken as seriously as men. It's not as big a fiasco as people are making it out to be, but it still sends a bad message.
Some of my best friends are vagina people.
What a silly statement.
freenudemacusers
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a woman with a cool twitter account *whew*
Spaced Harrier
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It's like you're on the comet's side.
Warm Machine
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Agreed. Boneheaded decision to wear that.
In all seriousness, I'm more than a little concerned that people are throwing around value judgements of the person based on that shirt. If we never saw him in that shirt that day but he wears it on his personal days is he still a terrible sexist misogynist? Do we distill and define people based on what they wear?
One of the coolest i've ever seen.
As I said in the original comet thread where this popped up in, people just find a way to create drama and get offended by something. This time it was shirt, hopefully this blows over, so we can forget how dumb this "uproar" was. There are more important things to think about concerning the comet.
adamsappel
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I posted this in the gamergate thread:
I actually came across this shirt some time ago, looking for Hawaiian shirts (did you know you can get them in long sleeves?!). https://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/new-gunner-girls I'm not sure she "designed" anything. There are several shirts with that "space vixens" theme, and "the original shirt in question" is here: https://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/coco-pinups-deluxe. That may be a fabric pattern available anywhere, though. Maybe his friend sewed his shirt by hand?
Very poor choice of shirt to wear to work, particularly if you are going to be on camera. If I saw it at a barbecue I don't think I'd immediately label the wearer as misogynist, though.
You can get beefcake ones, too.
I actually came across this shirt some time ago, looking for Hawaiian shirts (did you know you can get them in long sleeves?!). https://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/new-gunner-girls I'm not sure she "designed" anything. There are several shirts with that "space vixens" theme, and "the original shirt in question" is here: https://www.alohaland.com/pinup-girls-guys/coco-pinups-deluxe. That may be a fabric pattern available anywhere, though. Maybe his friend sewed his shirt by hand?
Very poor choice of shirt to wear to work, particularly if you are going to be on camera. If I saw it at a barbecue I don't think I'd immediately label the wearer as misogynist, though.
You can get beefcake ones, too.
Prime crotch
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it's a dope shirt
The Technomancer
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This, basically. Like, he shouldn't lose his head or anything but I'm fine with him catching flak for it.
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