Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2020)

Re:Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2... by 3pt14159 on Monday September 20, 2021 @03:54PM (#28598124)

I'm not against dark humour, I think it's grand, actually, and helps us get through trouble. But I think there is a difference between someone putting up a sincere joke and someone in their twenties at the workplace. I'm not Mr. PC Police, but when I put myself in the shoes of someone else that may have lost a loved one in that manner it really shook me.

Suicide isn't so rare that we should avoid making affordances where we can. And even so, a true comic like Dave Chappelle can create real human even on dark subjects at the same time. It's a balance.

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Re:Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2... by bradlys on Monday September 20, 2021 @04:11PM (#28598349)

And cancer is even more common. Think about heart disease too. Yet, we joke all the time about shit giving us a heart attack or references to something being cancerous - etc.

You are seriously digging deep into the "NO JOKES!" stance. Just because you did a joke that didn't go over well doesn't mean you can't make any jokes anymore.

And to be clear - because this is the internet and everyone on HN wants to be a pedantic andy - I'm not saying you go make "Dark humor is like a child with cancer. It never gets old." type of jokes to parents who had children die of leukemia or some shit.

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Re:Advice to New Managers: Don't Joke About Firing People (2... by 3pt14159 on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:05PM (#28598987)

I just think it's different. People at work shouldn't have to put up with jokes about suicide via gunshot whenever a dumb young kid doesn't like their marching orders for the week.

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