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points by abustamam 3 days ago | 0 comments
Reminds me of when Douglas Crockford got removed as a keynote speaker because he made other people uncomfortable because he used the term "gonads" and also did a muscle flex when talking about WeakMap vs StrongMap.

https://www.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/50u77r/douglas_...

[–] vor_ 3 days ago
Those weren't the reasons. For example, you make it sound like he just used the word "gonads" once, but actually, he had an entire 39-minute presentation with multiple references to testicles.
[–] abustamam 3 days ago
They may not be the real reasons but they're the reasons that were referred to by the organizers.

Personally I was not aware of that and I feel like something like that should have come up during the entire time he was being deplatformed.

But, was he referencing actual testicles or did he just use the term "balls" in a tongue in cheek manner (to mean like, chutzpah or something?)