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[notduncansmith]

Yeah, I meet the overworked and overscheduled parts (and couldn't afford to spend a month hacking on open source in the tropics), but I'm not overweight and certainly don't have a neckbeard. I get that "neckbeard" is more of a cultural term than a literal one, but it seems like even that interpretation has taken on a more pejorative bent lately.

[tptacek → notduncansmith]

I just meant that they may have inadvertently re-introduced gender into the discussion.

"Neckbeard" is definitely a pejorative term, but that's not in itself a huge problem.

[notduncansmith → tptacek]

Ah, I missed that subtle point. Very astute.