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Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by yubblegum on Monday November 09, 2026 @12:49PM (#50428887)
> And on page 11 — nestled between a winking anime woman and three yellow cats — was a suicide pledge.

Very curious is this pattern of infantilization and sensitive tech orgs and companies. It seems to have started around the dotcom boom-bust period. I remember when Google first came out with "Do no evil" and the primary colors and the whole cute cartoons, and all sorts of red flags went up for me. I truly wonder if somewhere the type of cognitive high performer coupled with requirement for being effectively chumps/controlable arrived at this formula.

Re:Crypto foundation demanded employees endorse suicide pledge by cowlevel on Monday November 09, 2026 @01:57PM (#50429933)
You want the high performers to not realise their employers are evil. It's even better if they never grow their own moral compass at all.