What good workplace politics looks like in practice

Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Brian_K_White on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @02:40PM (#45441510)

tribelessness itself is a poor result and does not solve any problems. It's a dead end. It's irrelevance. It's being an animal that eats for a while then dies and does no one else any good in the mean time. By arranging things so that no one else is a part of you, you are also not a part of anyone else. What is the point of that existense? It's the same as living in a vr where all you do is self-gratify and it has no effect on the world.

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by bravetraveler on Wednesday October 01, 2025 @04:03PM (#45442686)

Sounds fun, I'm in. Didn't ask for the ride/responsibility and the only reason it hasn't ended by now is sheer cowardice

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Brian_K_White on Thursday October 02, 2025 @03:47PM (#45454580)

Why did you come here to express the opinion that that sounds good?

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by bravetraveler on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:18AM (#45458929)

The church door was open, that simple. Many conversions lately?

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Brian_K_White on Friday October 03, 2025 @10:46AM (#45463617)

I walk by countless open doors. I only enter the ones that I have some interest in. This door contains other people, who you claim to have no interest in.

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by bravetraveler on Friday October 03, 2025 @11:28AM (#45464075)

No interest in spending a lifetime of service, happy to waste time with them [and usually without]. Guess I don't need to be so selective ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Not that it matters, but why did you choose to start proselytizing?

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Brian_K_White on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:15PM (#45464603)

I responded to an assertion that I viewed as faulty. It was never illogical or inconsistent for me to do so because I never claimed to have no use for other people. You said a life in a vr that has no effect on the world sounds fun. I never tried to claim that. I am responding "bullshit". As in, merely being here, expressing something to other people instead of just thinking it to yourself belies that claim.

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by bravetraveler on Friday October 03, 2025 @12:31PM (#45464790)

Do you have just a single hobby? This is shitposting, not meaningful impact on the world (lol). I'll play VR later if you're so worried.

I replied for much the same reason, calling bullshit. It doesn't mean anything.

Anyway, keep up the truly good work. I will admit you're a better human. I'm not beyond admitting selfishness, I just never claimed consistency.

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by Brian_K_White on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:34PM (#45466887)

So... you can express your opinion and it's a reasonable thing to do, but when I do the same it's not a reasonable thing to do.

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Re:What good workplace politics looks like in practice by bravetraveler on Friday October 03, 2025 @03:38PM (#45466936)

Perfectly reasonable, just disagree. Not like this matters, either, though. Not expressed to convince: catharsis. Meetings, you know? [burning time, thanks for going along]

I might have fallen asleep if not for this thread; truly awake for too long. But there I go, overly participating again. Oops. Count this as your good deed for the day. Tribe remains whole, or something.

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