“types. As he walked the room through the demo, he would click on an image of a kitten—kittens evidently represented the porny pictures they’d normally filter—and that kitten would be gone, as well as all variants of that kitten image. Click, ban, reload, click, ban, reload. A well-oiled kitten-banning machine, ladies and gentlemen. Suddenly Sheryl interrupted: “So, what’s with all the kittens?†Dan, a bit startled, peered at Sheryl, clearly confused. “Why are all the bad photos kittens?†Dan flatly replied, “We use kittens as the bad photos in demos, because the real bad photos are . . . you know . . . kind of obscene.†“Right,†said Sheryl, “but why kittens and not something else?†The room was deathly silent with thirty-plus sets of twitchy eyes rising “Well . . . for demo purposes we don’t show really bad photos . . . so the engineers use kittens instead. Because, you know . . . kittens and cats are like, pu—†He stopped right there, but he almost said “pussy†in front of the Queen of Lean, Sheryl Sandberg. “Got it!†she expectorated. After sucking in a lungful of air, as if loading for a verbal barrage, she continued. “If there were women on that team, they’d NEVER, EVER choose those photos as demo pics. I think you should change them immediately!†Garcia Martinez, Antonio. Chaos Monkeys (p. 313). Harper Paperbacks. Kindle Edition. Garcia Martinez, Antonio. Chaos Monkeys (p. 313). Harper Paperbacks. Kindle Edition. Garcia Martinez, Antonio. Chaos Monkeys (pp. 312-313). Harper Paperbacks. Kindle Edition. Garcia Martinez, Antonio. Chaos Monkeys (p. 312). Harper Paperbacks. Kindle Edition. ”
