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Just look up the definition of alienation. Parent poster suggested to not bring your whole self to work.

• thedevilslawyer 7y ago
  That's fine? Maybe just bring your work-self to work. And leave political self for non-work?
• dvfjsdhgfv 7y ago
  I don't bring my whole self to work and don't feel alienated in the slighest. I have fun, I can joke about neutral things with my colleagues, but unless I'm close friends with some of them, I don't touch sensitive subjects that might offend people in all possible ways. And doing it on a public forum seems like a recipe for disaster.
• finnthehuman 7y ago
  Nobody gets to bring their "whole self" to work. Not unless “theirself” never steps outside social protocol for an office. It's a con. They want your mental investment, but what extra leeway do they give you to be yourself beyond what you already had? Being yourself especially doesn’t exist in tech. Everything is so non-conformist conformist. I can't even have a conversation as myself at work. My roommates work in the trades, how I talk to them at home would get me fired so fucking fast if I tried it at work.
• AnimalMuppet 7y ago
  Upthread, georgewfraser said: > What I’ve heard from friends at google is that discussion is dominated by a tiny, vocal minority with extreme views, much like a college campus. If I'm not part of the tiny, vocal minority with extreme views, then I feel like I can't bring my whole self to work. That's alienating, even by your definition. And it's alienating to far more people than it would be to make the tiny, vocal minority find some non-work forum on which to post their stuff.