The now-infamous Google diversity memo

[RoyalShock]

Does this mean we can stop holding doors open? My arms are getting tired, and I want mayonnaise on my sammich now that I have to make it myself.

[MoValley John]

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This is my WalMart!

[RoyalShock]

This is my WalMart!

Whoa. Even I'm a little offended at that.

[ShockerDropOut]

You know, I remember when I was in high school and there were several trucks with gun racks and loaded weapons in them. I don't ever remember that being an issue.

[ShockerPrez]

Yeah, but I think we can all agree that this sign ought not be placed above the gun display...

Is this at every Wal Mart?

[wufan]

"Either the traits are related to job performance or they're just unrelated traits that have nothing to do with anything. I think it's the former, but I'm interested to hear why you think he'd just include a random list of differences."

He's actually listing all of the big five traits for men and women. They may or may not be related to google's job selection process and/or requirements to be successful. The distinction isn't made in the article, only that those traits are scientifically correct per current research in psychology.

[wufan]

"He says women are more "directed towards feelings and aesthetics rather than ideas ... [and] people rather than things." Women have "higher anxiety, lower stress tolerance." And he states men have a greater drive for status. (though, sidenote: his argument about status is specifically that status "is the primary metric that men are judged on." This is absolutely a product of socialization.) He states that "these differences may explain why we don't see equal representation of women in tech and leadership.'"

I will have to come back to this after I've given it some more thought.

[pinstripers]

they have bigger boobs, as well

[SHOCKvalue]

Here is how CNN chose to report on it:



That's not at all what the engineer is arguing. (Fake news, anyone?) The tweet itself is misleading, insinuating that his [misrepresented] statement itself might not be protected speech. (A portion of the linked article is about whether Google can fire him over it.)

It is sad how intellectually dishonest the media has become.

[SHOCKvalue]

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This is my WalMart!

A Wal-Mart employee making a political statement (or a shopper doing the same), to state the obvious. Better to hi-jack the narrative with hyperbole than have an objective discussion amongst all sides.

[SHOCKvalue]

Man... threads like this are really missing something. That former poster who would talk about (ad nauseam) their liberal arts PhD, all the while posting in punctuation-less blocks of text with hilarious misspellings of common words, really added some spice to the 'tard side of most arguments. Good times.

[RoyalShock]

You know, I remember when I was in high school and there were several trucks with gun racks and loaded weapons in them. I don't ever remember that being an issue.

Ditto.

But this one is in very poor taste due to school shootings. While I'm sure that wasn't the intent, whoever assembled that display has to stop and think, or at least get a 2nd, 3rd . . . 10th opinion.

[SB Shock]

Yeah, but I think we can all agree that this sign ought not be placed above the gun display...

Is this at every Wal Mart?

No, in fact I would not be surprised if this is a photoshop (#fakephoto)

[MoValley John]

No, in fact I would not be surprised if this is a photoshop (#fakephoto)

Not a photoshop. WalMart has apologized. Probably a young employee being funny. It was in poor taste, but also funny. Funny, unless you are an uptight ninny.

[jdshock]

Not a photoshop. WalMart has apologized. Probably a young employee being funny. It was in poor taste, but also funny. Funny, unless you are an uptight ninny.

Wal-Mart originally apologized, but then it was announced that they didn't know if it was real/what store it was at. http://www.snopes.com/walmart-sign-over-gun-display/ Which is incredibly weird.

I would bet that it wasn't a photoshop. I would bet that it was a store employee trying to make a joke, took a quick picture, and then took it down right away.