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Comment by gatherknwldg | Hacker News Reader

Does he have an entry on how to become an insufferable blow-hard?

http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/sextips/

That's freaking hilarious. Who knew hackers needed sex tips. I had to do a double take on the domain to see if they were identical.

A cringe-inducing classic... oO;

"Some men have this down well enough that they can make eye contact with a woman they've never met before, smile, say "You're very pretty." and make her smile back"

...

"Cathy: Try this on a stranger in an elevator, if you must, to minimize the fear level."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%A4germeister

I honestly wish nothing Eric wrote would ever be linked on HN again. He had his hey-days, he grabbed enough asses at conventions and harassed enough unsuspecting girls and we should just never mention him again. This is not the 90s anymore and I just hope stuff that barely applied in the 90s is more than historic and dated by now and "geeks" and "hackers" are a TON more diverse than that by now.

When it comes down to it, he is a politician, a lobbyist and while these roles are arguably not without use I would rather not have someone like that lay down the law what I as a "hacker" should and should not do or how I am supposed to be more like him.

ESR is known for harassing girls? Never heard of that but sounds like a fun story..

I actually remember reading ESRs writings as a teenager and actually being slightly afraid of ending up like him.

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