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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020
      Replying to @antoniogm

      Judged by usage, it's just a pejorative term for a man.

      10:41 AM - 9 Apr 2020
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        1. a pie.‏ @actual_pie_ 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @antoniogm

          I am sorry, but there is a huge difference between a man and a tech bro holy shit. For one, a tech bro could more accurately be described as aspiring to be a man, but not there yet, with miles of maturation left to go.

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        1.  🤖 🦉CyberOwl  🦉 🤖‏ @Supreme_Owl_FTW 9 Apr 2020
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          With marketable skills.

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        2. Zach Coelius‏ @zachcoelius 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @antoniogm

          @antoniogm is right here. It is a very particular pejorative that implies a very specific type of person. Generally it is used incorrectly when applied to techies. Though it has such common usage "tech bro" might fork the lexicon in a weird incoherent way.

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        3. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @zachcoelius @antoniogm

          I know originally it meant a particular kind of person, but (some) people's desire for a general-purpose pejorative for men was so strong that usage rapidly drifted toward that.

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        1. ssnacks‏ @ssnacks 9 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @antoniogm

          Rest assured, Kara Swisher didn't mean "friendly tech bro" in a polite way.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/opinion/coronavirus-venture-capital-stimulus.html …

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        1. Heavy Metal Saruman‏ @metalsaruman 9 Apr 2020
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          No it isn’t. It’s a fair representation of a culture.

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        1. Erik Torenberg‏Verified account @eriktorenberg 12 Apr 2020
          Replying to @paulg @antoniogm

          Motte-and-Bailey—make the OK kind of bro & the bad kind of bro the same word so that every time "bro" is used it keeps the negative connotation while also retaining plausible deniability ("I didn't mean the bad kind! They chose to interpret it that way.)https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-brick-in-the-motte/ …

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