“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts today”

Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by solipsism on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:27AM (#27003096)

The pyramid is a depiction of the fact that genocides can't happen without insensitive jokes. Of course it would be silly to read it as saying insensitive jokes necessarily lead to genocide.

But why bring it into the conversation?? If you're not implying any link from jokes to genocides, why is it relevant? I agree that bringing the concept of genocide up in a conversation about insensitive jokes is absolutely escalating.

We can talk about the direct harm of insensitive jokes. That conversation can stand alone.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by spion on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:16AM (#27005658)

It looked to me like they all basically agreed with each other. I have no idea how its possible to escalate that.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by pseudalopex on Saturday May 01, 2021 @02:46AM (#27003903)

The pyramid says belittling jokes are acts of bias. It says they're as bad as slurs. It says they help prop up systemic discrimination. And it shows it isn't just 1 non expert's opinion.

Those are debatable points. But they're relevant if someone else says belittling jokes are harmless.

Did the employee say anything about genocide actually? Or did they just expect people to focus on the relevant parts?

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