Codebabes isn't a hoax

So I heard about codebabes.com this morning from good friend @rellyab. It's like codecademy, crossed with a stupid misogynistic attitude and some soft-core porn:

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  2. So I retweeted Relly, had a look around and was outraged. But then figured: hey, is this *really* real, or is it just a parody? Maybe I could sign up to check.
  5. Nope. It's real.
  7. You choose courses, like Programming for Virgins or HTML for Virgins. They're presented by "codebabes". You watch a video, and then you're tested on the content to proceed to the next module in the course.
  9. Some of the tests are a bit smutty.

  11. The HTML tests were a bit less smutty.
  13. And here's an example of the tone of voice of the copy.
    What happens when you pass a test? Your teacher removes an item of clothing. First, it's glasses. but then:
  16. Yeah, it gets a bit soft-core.
  18. Then a bit more testing:
  20. Toward the end of the course, so:
  24. I guess it got hard to come up with good CSS questions:
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