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Monkey has shit the bed already though hasn't it. I never had the need to discuss politics at work. Just don't do it, why open that can of worms. Absolutely no

Monkey has shit the bed already though hasn't it. I never had the need to discuss politics at work. Just don't do it, why open that can of worms. Absolutely no need to do so. One time a coworker asked me and I said "I don't discuss politics at work". Be professional, people.

daenz 7y ago
>One time a coworker asked me and I said "I don't discuss politics at work". These days, even that is seen as taking a side. People get suspicious when you don't join in with the group political affirmations, and start suspecting you to be a secret "other." That's how toxic it's become.
- sergiotapia 7y ago
  I'm latino so I at least have some shielding against that bullshit.
mieseratte 7y ago
Once had a coworker out of left-field start telling me how one should be free to assault someone based on the arbitrary assessment of their speech being "harmful." This coworker wrongly assumed I would agree with them, and was rather taken aback when I shutdown the conversation as opposed to expressing my agreement. Now you've gone and run the risk of creating a hostile working environment. Why people feel this is a sane mode of being is beyond me.
anoncake 7y ago
Of course there is a need to discuss politics. It isn't a separate thing that can be divorced from what it's about, i.e. everything. That includes work.
- mieseratte 7y ago
  > It isn't a separate thing that can be divorced from what it's about, i.e. everything. I'm having a hard time finding politics in: "Hey $COWORKER, how's that REST endpoint coming along?"
- f00zz 7y ago
  I don't understand this view that "everything is political". How can can a discussion on e.g. C++20 coroutines be political?
  - anoncake 7y ago
    How can it not be? Discussing what C++20 coroutines should look like is not fundamentally different than what society look like.
  - rollinDyno 7y ago
    C++20 coroutines are tools to serve a purpose. That purpose is political.
    - f00zz 7y ago
      Sometimes that purpose is just to tell if two binary trees have the same fringe
      - anoncake 7y ago
        That's an odd line of business.

daenz 7y ago

>One time a coworker asked me and I said "I don't discuss politics at work". These days, even that is seen as taking a side. People get suspicious when you don't join in with the group political affirmations, and start suspecting you to be a secret "other." That's how toxic it's become.

sergiotapia 7y ago
I'm latino so I at least have some shielding against that bullshit.

mieseratte 7y ago

Once had a coworker out of left-field start telling me how one should be free to assault someone based on the arbitrary assessment of their speech being "harmful." This coworker wrongly assumed I would agree with them, and was rather taken aback when I shutdown the conversation as opposed to expressing my agreement. Now you've gone and run the risk of creating a hostile working environment. Why people feel this is a sane mode of being is beyond me.

anoncake 7y ago

Of course there is a need to discuss politics. It isn't a separate thing that can be divorced from what it's about, i.e. everything. That includes work.

mieseratte 7y ago
> It isn't a separate thing that can be divorced from what it's about, i.e. everything. I'm having a hard time finding politics in: "Hey $COWORKER, how's that REST endpoint coming along?"
f00zz 7y ago
I don't understand this view that "everything is political". How can can a discussion on e.g. C++20 coroutines be political?
- anoncake 7y ago
  How can it not be? Discussing what C++20 coroutines should look like is not fundamentally different than what society look like.
- rollinDyno 7y ago
  C++20 coroutines are tools to serve a purpose. That purpose is political.
  - f00zz 7y ago
    Sometimes that purpose is just to tell if two binary trees have the same fringe
    - anoncake 7y ago
      That's an odd line of business.