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She SPECIFICALLY says that she's frustrated with how gendered the TWSS joke is:

> I took it for granted that everyone was familiar with the “That’s what she said,” joke, but a recent conversation with a consultant friend made me realize some industries don’t feature it on a daily basis. For those who haven’t heard it a million times, the idea is that when somebody says something that could remotely be turned into a sexual joke, e.g. “I’m trying to solve this problem but it’s really hard!” you say “That’s what SHE said,” in a lascivious tone.

And describing why she's satisfied with the bot's reaction:

> In any case, I feel that I have succeeded in constructively disrupting an aspect of my work culture that made me uncomfortable.

"Uncomfortable". Not "annoying".

You know that "ignoring what women say and explaining that they're really bothered by something else" is one of the most common responses that feminists have to deal with, right? And that it's disrespectful to suggest that there's a more "rational" explanation for why a woman's upset than that they feel uncomfortable about a sexist environment?

I mean, she says close to the beginning:

> I asked a number of times to have that bot function turned off, but got the usual combination of being ignored, being told it’s funny, and being told I should lighten up.

Emphasis mine. We just had a big ole conversation about that phrase like a week ago. Remember it?



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Whoops, I'm sorry. I read your:

> THAT is most likely the cause of the frustration of her co-workers

and thought you said:

> THAT is most likely the cause of her frustration of her co-workers

I'm sorry for calling you out on something you didn't actually say. Although I feel that if one annoying bot is okay with her coworkers, a second, more sophisticated bot shouldn't raise too many hackles – especially if it only ever follows the first.




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