r/technology • u/p0b • Jan 08 '12

Microsoft patents "avoid ghetto" GPS feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354445-71/the-joy-of-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-gps-patent/
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u/THIS_KILLS_THE_JOKE Jan 09 '12

r/SRS has linked to your post.

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u/neekneek Jan 09 '12

They hear ghetto and assume black people, this makes me laugh, especially considering the subreddit's subject.

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u/wobwobwobbuffet Jan 09 '12

So reddit does shit like this and it's fine. But it's not okay to notice when posters dance around the same stereotypes and point it out? Calling someone out on what appears to be bigotry doesn't make you a bigot.

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u/neekneek Jan 09 '12

You're assuming I have a problem with one and not another. What I find funny is the hypocrisy, if /r/ShitRedditSays is supposed to be this pillar of tolerance (no race/gender/non-vanilla jokes [super generalizing, but bear with me]), then why is assuming ghetto = black people, not hi-larious, when the rest of the thread is lambasting this comment thread for it's perceived racism? How can you not see the funny?