• 200fifty@awful.systems
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    11 months ago

    “how would women use our protocol?”
    “oh, right, women, shit. uh, I guess they could use it for dating men?”
    “yeah, that’s a pretty good one, any other ideas?”
    “do women even do anything else?”
    “hmmm… I guess not that I’m aware of, no”
    “all right then let’s go with that one”

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      “hey are there any safety issues women face while dating that our design doesn’t address?” “no, why? the protocol sends a vague rejection notice to the guy and no rational actor would get incredibly angry and do something dangerous in real life because of a vague rejection” “HMMMMM okay!”