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manfredo
I'm not sure how calling an intern hot (even if subsequently followed by stating that one wouldn't pursue the intern romantically) is supposed to be used as a positive example of socially acceptable workplace interaction.
lasekar
lol, seems like you missed the point, just like how hot women can be founders too, dumb people can also be investors. I was merely making a counter comment to his comment.
DanBC
You don't think you're guilty of adhom yourself, with your "they're all lying" claim?

And, really,it doesn't matter what they tell me or you. It matters what they tell crime survey statisticians. Have you _ever_ bothered to look up your country's crime survey stats?

sievebrain
Ad hominem would be if I tried to dismiss an argument with an unrelated attack on someone's personality. In this case I'm not even talking about their personalities or making unrelated accusations, just reporting what happened. Reporting their stories in their own words can't possibly be ad hominem and I'm not even accusing them of lying - they clearly told me what really happened, that's how I'm so sure they were never in danger.

I'm well aware of what self reported crime stats say but my entire thesis in this thread is that women routinely make wildly exaggerated claims so why would surveys of what they think change my mind? A huge disparity between self reports and actual criminal cases is exactly what I'd expect to see

sievebrain
Thanks anyway. HN readers can't handle the idea of a woman lying at all, really.
spiralx
I'm not sure Christians are unusual amongst engineers - graduates of engineering degrees (other than chemical engineering) are more likely to hold creationist beliefs than graduates of any other degree programme. Engineers and priests both like a well-designed system after all.