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I'm super excited about VS2017.

But excuse me this launch video (beginning, with Chinese presenter) is super cringe-inducing. Horrible.

We're a worldwide company that embraces diversity and benefits hugely for it, so honestly I am disappointed very much with your comment.

FWIW I took the ethnic descriptor just as a bookmark not as a condemnation of the person. I think they were referring to the scripted father/daughter bits and the "oh wow you were 6 thats great", not anything about the presenters accent or background.

Probably not relevant for an HN comment, but also probably not anti diversity.

That's actually what I didn't liked. It felt so played and fake that it gives opposite message.

I'm also super excited about VS2017.

But excuse me this HN comment (last line, with the insensitive remark) is super cringe-inducing. Horrible.

Yes, the comment was not nice (comment is now dead). However, I've stopped watching the video because the presenter's English accent was not easy on my ear. The problem reminds me about "Founders' Accents" article:

http://www.paulgraham.com/accents.html

How many people actually read the paul graham article before they knee-jerked and voted the comment down "because racism"

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