[GEBBL]

I feel this was an ‘of it’s time’ thing, but I am so glad we have moved on from this. I wouldn’t enjoy working in a workplace where this was acceptable.

[GJim]

> I wouldn’t enjoy working in a workplace where this was acceptable.

I understand Americans are prudish to depictions of nudity, however objecting to ASCII art is simply beyond my comprehension.

Anyone objecting to such a thing here would, quite rightly, be considered a nutter.

[colejohnson66]

People aren't objecting to the ASCII art itself, but the context in which it is used — a workplace.

[msgodel]

The consequence is that the workplace is a sterile no mans land and you're better off remote.

Like I said: if being there were actually meaningful it might make sense to be there.

[doublerabbit]

And it was. The developer above posted an ascii dragon and the other posted a topless woman. Tasteful too.

Both ASCII artwork of different things. No idea why folk are so riled up about this.

[redeeman]

seriously, what makes that so bad?

[MyPasswordSucks]

It's an ASCII art of a nude woman. So what? It just seems like such a busybody thing to get one's feathers ruffled over.

[gortok]

How about ascii art of a male penis every time you opened your IDE?

The point isn’t what you (MyPasswordSucks) would find objectionable, the point is what the median would find objectionable in a professional setting. Luckily we’ve gotten away from the locker room behavior being the median and now the median is approaching good-manners behavior. This is one of the situations where the Overton window shifting makes us better as a species instead of worse.

[sweezyjeezy]

It's teenager-ish, and the kind of thing that would make people uncomfortable if they saw it at our own workplaces. We can argue about whether companies 'should' punish people for stuff like this, but I can say for sure that I don't feel like I'm missing out on much here.