<story><title>Cocktails for programmers</title><url>https://github.com/the-teacher/cocktails_for_programmers/blob/master/cocktails_for_programers.md</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lucaspiller</author><text>Agreed.&lt;p&gt;Further reading: &lt;a href=&quot;http://old.ryanfunduk.com/culture-of-exclusion/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.ryanfunduk.com&amp;#x2F;culture-of-exclusion&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>teddyh</author><text>The title “Cocktails for programmers” gives me the same feeling as would the phrase “Leaf blowers for stamp collectors”.&lt;p&gt;Yes, a stamp collector might use a leaf blower, but it would not be relevant to collecting stamps.  On the contrary, using a leaf blower &lt;i&gt;while&lt;/i&gt; collecting stamps would be… inadvisable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hamburglar</author><text>I can appreciate not liking the brogrammer phenomenon, and not being interested in conferences that are so party-focused, but this guy really has a huge bug up his ass about other people enjoying themselves.  &amp;quot;I&amp;#x27;m not interested in &amp;#x27;partying hard&amp;#x27;, I want to talk with like-minded people about subjects I don&amp;#x27;t necessarily get to talk about at the office.&amp;quot;  Well, guess what, you can&amp;#x27;t force people to sit down and talk nodejs with you if they want to drink instead.  Sorry the world isn&amp;#x27;t the way you really really want it to be.&lt;p&gt;The guy seems to be interpreting a lot of his examples in the worst possible light, too.  Example:
  Q: Is there space set up for hacking?
  A: We have done this for previous conferences, but to be honest people were having too much social fun to really take advantage of the space.
  Translation: Y U NO DRINKING!?&lt;p&gt;That&amp;#x27;s a stupid translation.  They set up hacking space before and very few people used it, so they didn&amp;#x27;t bother this time.  You have your cause and effect backwards if you think this means they&amp;#x27;re trying to force you to drink.&lt;p&gt;Or: &amp;quot;Perks for working for them include dental coverage, and &amp;#x27;weekly happy hour&amp;#x27;. Those who don&amp;#x27;t want to participate in getting sloshed regularly... need not apply?&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Jesus, dude, settle down.  You&amp;#x27;ve taken a perk of employment and turned it into a statement that if you don&amp;#x27;t drink you&amp;#x27;re not welcome?  Please let go of your persecution complex.  I know it&amp;#x27;s really fun to be indignant that others encouraging you to have a good time is so totally unfair, but it&amp;#x27;s really no different than people saying &amp;quot;No seriously, The Wire is fucking fantastic!  You have to watch it!&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;Interacting with humans isn&amp;#x27;t that hard if you allow yourself and others to actually act like humans.</text></comment>
<story><title>Cocktails for programmers</title><url>https://github.com/the-teacher/cocktails_for_programmers/blob/master/cocktails_for_programers.md</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>lucaspiller</author><text>Agreed.&lt;p&gt;Further reading: &lt;a href=&quot;http://old.ryanfunduk.com/culture-of-exclusion/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;old.ryanfunduk.com&amp;#x2F;culture-of-exclusion&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></item><item><author>teddyh</author><text>The title “Cocktails for programmers” gives me the same feeling as would the phrase “Leaf blowers for stamp collectors”.&lt;p&gt;Yes, a stamp collector might use a leaf blower, but it would not be relevant to collecting stamps.  On the contrary, using a leaf blower &lt;i&gt;while&lt;/i&gt; collecting stamps would be… inadvisable.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jlgreco</author><text>I really hate board games.  Seriously, I hate them, and I don&amp;#x27;t understand why so many people in my social circles enjoy them.  I can&amp;#x27;t count the number of times I&amp;#x27;ve been at a party and everything has been going nicely, and then all of a sudden, &lt;i&gt;game time&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;p&gt;You think maybe I should write a long-winded self-aggrandizing blog post about this culture of exclusion?</text></comment>