What really shocks me most in this post is the fact, that someone might be jokingly stating something like:

“This talk was so pointless. After she mentioned her kids at the beginning I started thinking of ways to hunt them down and punish her for wasting my time here.”

As the author put it, it is never, ever ok, even to joke on something like this. Never imho.

But this kind of humor(? or should I say, missing empathy, humanity) seems to run deep in some circles of our industry.

What this comment in the post tells me, is - not only do we have to deal with some childish idiots, but with persons showing signs of personality disorders.

Maybe persons commenting that way, should check with a professional. Just suggesting.