There’s way too many people who reply to every personal anecdote shared online by “calling out” the sharer’s “privilege”, which adds absolutely nothing of value to the conversation and implies that nothing about the sharer is relevant or important except their demographics.

It’s not the efforts I put in seeking out mentors, contributing docs and code and my time volunteering in open source, studying and passing certifications, or any of my long hours and excellence in the workplace. Oh no, no, not any of that. It’s my “privilege”, that’s all that matters.

Oh fuck off, both of you, seriously. You don’t know anything about me and your responses to what I shared are a net reduction in value to this entire conversation. Be better.