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I can't tell if Hacker News hates African-American culture, or just white boys who take part in it. If they were annotating Opera Librettas and spoke in Victorian English, I'm sure HN would love them.

It's not like they are complete posers. They got investment from Nas.

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I don't particularly care about librettas or victorian english, but the shit these guys say is pretty absurd.

  In any case this weekend we are going to have them play some heads-up
  poker, a set of tennis, a drinking contest - a winner gwan emerge
  (Ilan) and you girls gonna see wassup. If you wanna cover these
  "World's Sexiest Startup Man" events you are welcome - we will get you
  soused up you gonna feel nice.
  
  Let me cut to the chase: Ilan's sexy is $15M Zach's is $10M YOU FEEL
  ME? You know what I'm saying now? You feel me..

- http://valleywag.gawker.com/rap-genius-incites-unsolicited-s...

Valleywag is east coast hater bullshit. It's a badge of honor to get attacked by Valleywag[1]

[1] http://valleywag.gawker.com/anti-foreigner-vc-also-supports-...

What does that have to do with the way these guys act?

What does an article entitled "Anti-Foreigner VC Also Supports Hiring Discrimination" have to do with a story about a company where one of the founders is named "Mahbod Moghadam" and appears to be a first-generation Iranian-American? If your instinct is to cite that website, probably it is better to question whether the point you are trying to make is thoughtful or reflexive.

Wait, what? How do you get from "juvenile and offensive" to "hates African-American culture"? That's your own bias at play, there, bud. Loud and clear.

"Stop using slang. Get rid of that swagger. Don't brag. And wear a goddamn button-down shirt."

In other words, stop acting like Jay-Z and start acting like Mark Zuckerberg.

You understand that Jay-Z is in charge of his very own corporate empire, yes? He's a mainstream businessman -- talks like one, swaggers like one, is appropriately humble like one. Dresses like one, too, button-downs and everything [1][2][3][4][5][6].

Zuckerberg, on the other hand, wears T-shirts, jeans, and sneakers.

Where are you getting your preconceived notions from? Ask yourself.

[1] - http://www.regalrealness.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/jay-... [2] - http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/5034ed43eab8ea7e2d0... [3] - http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.1183!/img/httpIm... [4] - http://www.okayafrica.com/wp-content/uploads/jay-z-world-tou... [5] - http://richkidsbrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/jayz2.jp... [6] - http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/wennpic/jay-z-premiere-the-...

Jay-Z wear a button-down shirt now tho

And Zuckerberg isn't exactly who I would choose as a "play by the rules" example.

Where is this quote from?

Have you seen these guys? They don't seem to be taking part in African American culture to me.

They just seem like massive, massive toolbags.

I find them extremely distasteful. They're trying way too hard.

If they were annotating Opera Librettas

My tastes are pretty middlebrow and all I could think to search for was Non piu andrai, which I couldn't find, but as far as poetry goes they've got works like The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Ode to a Grecian Urn, and for literature they've got Joyce's amazing short story (and set at Christmastime) The Dead, The Cask of Amontillado, and with annotations by the founder Mahbod, War and Peace (he also says one of his favorite books is Nicholas Nickleby, which is not really an obvious choice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAzQPll7Lo#t=1018).

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