Comments on: Adobe employees: “It Gets Better.”

By: Nat Brown

Nat Brown — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 22:39:44 +0000

Thanks John. Great post.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 04:22:55 +0000

Awesome! Thanks to everyone at Adobe who took the time to bring their own stories to such a great project. Thanks for posting this, John. :)

By: Anyway

Anyway — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 07:03:23 +0000

Great initiative!

However I was mislead by the headline. When I read “Adobe employees: “It Gets Better.” I thought, “Oh great! Adobe has changed its mind! A fair pricing now “PS5 600 $ US/1300 $ Europe), no more crapware (strange installers when you download something), fast Flash, better customer service -> all the zillion other things people file under hashtags #adobe #fail at twitter.”

It was only a dream. At least it gets better for gays.

By: Mylenium

Mylenium — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 13:10:25 +0000

Yes, of course! ;-)

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:02:08 +0000

I guess we can all hope such subjects become so mundane we don’t have to bring them up any more?

By: Jim Hoerricks

Jim Hoerricks — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:39:12 +0000

Bravo, mate. Good on ye!

By: Larry Auerbach

Larry Auerbach — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 23:20:23 +0000

As a gay man and a lonnnggg-time user and fan of Adobe software (and reader of this blog, too), I am very happy to have just watched this. Such a fine collection of people talking in this video. I appreciate you broadcasting this, John. :-) I wish things like this had been available back when I was a tormented kid back during the stone age.

By: Jamie McDaniel

Jamie McDaniel — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 20:33:07 +0000

Great work! I am really proud of companies like Adobe that participate in these type of campaigns to get the word out to LGBT youth that it gets better. And also thanks to Google and Apple for taking a very public stand against Proposition 8 and for recognizing the marriages of their gay employees.

By: Jeff Butterworth

Jeff Butterworth — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:14:01 +0000

Thanks, John! That was really moving. That basic message of “it gets better” should be told to all young people, no matter what is weighing them down.

By: Mylenium

Mylenium — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 07:16:34 +0000

Yeah, but what’s tomorrow after the public interest has ebbed? Dunno…

Mylenium (openly gay person)

By: Laurent

Laurent — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 05:08:42 +0000

Seriously. You felt compelled to actually post that thought? [At least he didn't write "your gay" like half the nitwits posting on YouTube... --J.]

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 04:35:47 +0000

As a former psychiatric and education social worker, I say these people are really doing a great thing.

So many people have ZERO clue how their subtle statements, implications, and back-handed insults – let alone insults, slurs and personal attacks – add up to in terms of hurting other people. They prove they themselves are, at best, boors; and at worst they sometimes play a role in someone ending his or her life.

Some people are just dense.

Bravo to those willing to share such a positive message.

By: Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:52:36 +0000

Meh. Sorry, but I’m just not impressed.