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What do you mean by "internal social justice" stuff?

ben7799 7y ago
This current story does not sound like anything weird is going on but some of the stories it sounds like some employees spend a majority of their time setting up protests internally. It is hard to understand how someone can spend significant time in the office fomenting internal protests (even if they are for a good cause) and actually be getting their job done.
- Tade0 7y ago
  Perhaps they aren't and perhaps that's not relevant because they're not important enough. Tends to happen in large organisations.
- Bayart 7y ago
  I'm guessing it's from people spending too much time at the company and having poor work/private life separation.
  - heymijo 7y ago
    Free food, laundry, gym, haircuts, recreation, a swim-in place swimming pool with a lifeguard...it's almost like Google sets it up to blur those work/private life lines.
cj 7y ago
https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+google+employee+walkout+ai+retaliation https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com...
paulcole 7y ago
It's code for anything that is unrelated to straight white males. Edit: Tell me I'm wrong lol.
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- leereeves 7y ago
  Don't you see that you're reinforcing the image that "SJWs hate straight white males"?
  - paulcole 7y ago
    Sorry if I wasn’t clear: Anyone who uses SJW as a carefully chosen pejorative is the hateful one in these situations.
  - kupiakos 7y ago
    I think they're referring to specifically the trend that negative usage of the term SJW is usually by cishet (non-LGBT) white men regarding discussion of policies/politics that would not directly benefit them.
    - leereeves 7y ago
      Everyone is advocating policies that directly benefit them. It's only ever a problem for the left when straight white males do so. Surprisingly, straight white males are just like everyone else, advocating their own self-interest. That's not evil, that's natural.
      - paulcole 7y ago
        AFAIK it’s possible to go against your natural urges and do things that benefit other people. We do live in a society and not a cave. I mean, it’s natural to hunt for my dinner but sometimes I have a salad instead of trapping and eating the neighbor’s cat.
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This current story does not sound like anything weird is going on but some of the stories it sounds like some employees spend a majority of their time setting up protests internally. It is hard to understand how someone can spend significant time in the office fomenting internal protests (even if they are for a good cause) and actually be getting their job done.

Tade0 7y ago
Perhaps they aren't and perhaps that's not relevant because they're not important enough. Tends to happen in large organisations.
Bayart 7y ago
I'm guessing it's from people spending too much time at the company and having poor work/private life separation.
- heymijo 7y ago
  Free food, laundry, gym, haircuts, recreation, a swim-in place swimming pool with a lifeguard...it's almost like Google sets it up to blur those work/private life lines.

cj 7y ago

https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+google+employee+walkout+ai+retaliation https://www.google.com/search?&q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com...

paulcole 7y ago

It's code for anything that is unrelated to straight white males. Edit: Tell me I'm wrong lol.

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leereeves 7y ago
Don't you see that you're reinforcing the image that "SJWs hate straight white males"?
- paulcole 7y ago
  Sorry if I wasn’t clear: Anyone who uses SJW as a carefully chosen pejorative is the hateful one in these situations.
- kupiakos 7y ago
  I think they're referring to specifically the trend that negative usage of the term SJW is usually by cishet (non-LGBT) white men regarding discussion of policies/politics that would not directly benefit them.
  - leereeves 7y ago
    Everyone is advocating policies that directly benefit them. It's only ever a problem for the left when straight white males do so. Surprisingly, straight white males are just like everyone else, advocating their own self-interest. That's not evil, that's natural.
    - paulcole 7y ago
      AFAIK it’s possible to go against your natural urges and do things that benefit other people. We do live in a society and not a cave. I mean, it’s natural to hunt for my dinner but sometimes I have a salad instead of trapping and eating the neighbor’s cat.
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