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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by cbozeman on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:31PM (#27010045)
No, it's pretty fucking stupid all the way around... I broke my own rule and went to that garbage news site The Verge and read Casey Newton's article.

A list of names that sound or look funny.

Wow.

The amount of disdain I have for idiotic busybodies who would fuss and fret over such a thing cannot be overstated, or even quantified.

How about just ignoring the list? How about saying to someone, when they tell you about the list, "That's dumb. Grow up, <name>."

How about just going on about your day.

The fact that any human being would think a list of funny names should be a fireable offense is a testament to this new idiotic religion of Wokeness. A bunch of shitty people traded Christianity for another religion where they can be insufferable assholes, under the guise of righteousness.

Where. Have. I. Seen. That. Before?

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by chillwaves on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:49PM (#27010198)
Don't understand why your tone is so aggressive.

Do you think that kind of aggressive tone would be suitable in a work place?

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by cbozeman on Sunday May 02, 2021 @01:29AM (#27012586)
Because entirely too many people are entirely too sensitive and need to toughen up, that's why.

> Do you think that kind of aggressive tone would be suitable in a work place?

Apparently it is, since everyone from Steve Jobs to Bill Gates to Jeff Bezos have used a tone like that - and a lot... lot worse.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by tha0xa1 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @05:58PM (#27010272)
>Do you think that kind of aggressive tone would be suitable in a work place?

No it wouldn't be, but this isn't work, it's an internet comment section. You're literally providing his point that "there's a time and a place" for shit like this, and work isn't one of them.

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Re:“About one-third of Basecamp employees accepted buyouts t... by chillwaves on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:04PM (#27017361)
My comment was a reflection on the topic. Its interesting how one person is offended someone else taking offense to social issues but somehow sees their own outrage as justified.
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