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The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad.

> The fact that this and my own comments are getting downvoted on this is sad.

It's because you have added nothing other that your own faked outrage at the legitimate use of scoring as a way to describe attainment of a sought after goal.

Actually my genuine concern (not outrage) is primarily that someone on HN feels that the use of the word 'something' to describe a woman is remotely appropriate. I'm calling the poster out on that because I feel like if they don't have it pointed out to them that that is inappropriate they'll continue to think it's okay. It is not okay.

"Something" doesn't necessarily refer to a woman. Could refer to a relationship, ala:

I want something that will make my heart race, something that feels real

I've never heard anyone describe a relationship as being 'out of their league'.

Then you haven't spent much time in male-dominated online spaces

This is an extremely common expression, I thought. Google seems to indicate similarly with 847,000 results for the exact expression "out of (my OR your OR their) league".

So, not sure under what rock you've been. ;)

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22out+of+(my+OR+your+OR+the...

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