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Comment by b112 | Hacker News Reader

The guy's handle is literally 20 random characters, it's hardly harmful to joke about it. Why the anger?

In general, joking that people's promotions are due to their names is thinly veiled racism, especially considering it's a very real phenomenon[0].

Jokes in general are, if not explicitly against site norms, discouraged: "Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive." [1]

[0]: https://www.shrm.org/topics-tools/news/employee-relations/vi...

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

I have no idea what the person's real name is, their ethnicity, where they come from. How on earth could you make a racist statement about someone, if you don't know any of those things?

What a ridiculous presumption.

If you have no idea what their real name, and their user name doesn't seem to be related to their real name, then the "joke" doesn't make any sense and would fall flat.

So either you made a joke that isn't funny or one that is offensive. Either way, there's your answer to why people didn't react positively.

lmao you are insane

False dichotomy. I thought it was funny, and not in the least bit offensive. (And I also think it's a great handle).

It must be hard to be you. There are so many racists around.

I know a dude with a traditionally female name. Dude just job hops. The wide "HR bins 99/100 resumes" part of the filter doesn't seem to apply to him...

He's a fine guy, and a fine coworker, but he's not the hot shit his resume progression would suggest.

I guess that's worth being taunted in graded school.

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