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If you want to see the removed article, it is (for now) still up here: https://docs.godotengine.org/ko/latest/tutorials/io/encrypti...

Seems more whimsical than offensive to me, but YMMV.

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And the (somewhat tortured, IMO) thread accusing this article of implicit sexism, which led to it being removed, is here: https://twitter.com/LiaSae/status/1367074344313237507

I would agree that 'tortured' is well-chosen adjective to describe the Twitter thread.

Twitter doesn't let me see that thread. Says something about "this account owner has limited who can see their tweets".

Yes because when your post reach HN you need to lock your account or else you'll have people argue in your mentions for days.

It's twitter - that's what it is designed to do.

Looks like the account author privated their account and therefore killed the thread. What was the complaint? How was this article sexist?

Er, I'm not sure whether me pasting it in after they deleted it would be considered mean, but I think this is the gist:

> In isolation that’s just meh. In a context where mobile players got trashed all the bloody time for being fake gamers, casuals, mindless whales, or worst of all, women? In a context of tech people often being elitist “core” gamers? Woops, you’re punching down.

Ah, yes, I strongly disagree to this. An activity being primarily performed by a disadvantaged group does not mean that activity is immune to criticism (see also: fur coats, fgm)

That is such a huge stretch, wow.

Here is the archive: https://archive.md/VpYl2

Yeesh

I think it only takes a handful of humorless people to make it not worth keeping it up. He wants to write a game engine, not be a comedy writer.

This is, in my mind, a great tragedy of the modern age. We just force people to be in their lanes, and the burden to escape is even harder. It's sad.

The crazy thing is that it only hurts people that don't have humor. For instance, the moment someone is without humor, they get cut out from the fun people.

It’s also in the linked article since we can view the deleted file in the PR.

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