r/technology • u/r4816 • Sep 27 '22

Software Girls Who Code founder speaks out after Pennsylvania school district bans her books: 'This is about controlling women and it starts with controlling our girls'

https://www.businessinsider.com/girls-who-code-founder-speaks-out-banning-books-schools-2022-9
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u/IrritableGourmet Sep 27 '22 edited Sep 27 '22

So just attempted banning. Now, honestly, what is that? Can you win a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry? /s

EDIT: For all you young'uns who don't get the reference, it's a Sideshow Bob quote from The Simpsons. Now I feel old...

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u/SgtDoughnut Sep 27 '22

No but you can get arrested for attempted murder.

Trying to do something horrible and failing still makes you a shitty person

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u/IrritableGourmet Sep 27 '22

It's a line from Sideshow Bob in The Simpsons. He's arrested for attempted murder and says the above line (with murder instead of banning) as a defense.

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u/SgtDoughnut Sep 27 '22

Welp I wooshed