(I actually don't. In my case it's self-deprecating humor. If you're in a privileged position then you should be able to make jokes about yourself and take some hits from people who don't like the status quo that helped you get there; otherwise you have no right to criticize other people for their own set of privileged circumstances.)
Exactly! They are 'Tech Bros' because the industry is so misogynistic that most of the women have fled, yet they turn around and claim to be the victim of sexism. Absurd.
"Insulting you helps us recover from your toxicity."
...It's like... What? Are you joking?
This is precisely what I mean. A lack of consistency-- it really betrays the concomitant lack of rational thought.
"I side with Chairman Mao and Wallstreet ESG-metric-driven Bankers! Now Get to work driving our economy, so we can simultaneously complain about you while also taxing you to redistribute your income!"
It would be all so tiresome if it wasn't so tragically entertaining.
You're right that any reference to "tech bro" is revelatory of the author's motives, but the people downvoting you are also right that it's not something over which to get your knickers twisted.
