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> Bring your team together in the sheets. (Wait, no, not like that) This joke looks unprofessional and inappropriate to me. I’m not sure why it’s on the landin

by thih9 6y ago

> Bring your team together in the sheets. (Wait, no, not like that) This joke looks unprofessional and inappropriate to me. I’m not sure why it’s on the landing page, especially when the product is about communication in a business context. Edit: ah, it’s a joke product.

qmmmur 6y ago
I can't imagine being this prudish. People have sex. It's okay to make jokes and its okay for them to be about real things that happen.
- thih9 6y ago
  > It's okay to make jokes and its okay for them to be about real things that happen. Yes but not in a business context. Quote from a random law firm: “Sexual jokes are not merely inappropriate in the workplace — they can constitute sexual harassment.” Source: https://www.thearmstronglawfirm.com/sexual-harassment/sexual-harassment-sexual-jokes/ https://www.thearmstronglawfirm.com/sexual-harassment/sexual...
  - qmmmur 6y ago
    Yes except this is a totally indirect statement not directed at you and is not in the slightest sense vulgar, nor is it even real in the sense that a person is saying it to you. I do wonder how you get on with your life if you find yourself facing a potential sexual harassment case over a product you don't have to use.
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    - dismantlethesun 6y ago
      I don't know. If this were a real product and not a joke, the marketing team would suggest putting sex jokes on the homepage, and probably debate which sex joke would get the the most laughs, and why. They might even end up doing surveys to find out if our sex jokes are too raunchy, or just right. If I worked there, and had to listen to a bunch of guys laughing about sex jokes all day, I'd probably feel awkward and left out---even if none of those jokes were directed at me, and only were said in the context of making customers laugh. Disclaimer: I have worked at companies that sold sex toys, and no one made any sex jokes at work, or in our marketing material.
- mnd999 6y ago
  Depends a lot on your culture. In some countries this would be okay, in others not so much.
duval 6y ago
The whole thing is a joke
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zemvpferreira 6y ago
The joke is that the product is a joke ;)
gcatalfamo 6y ago
Disclaimer: I am saying this super calm, it's not like I'm angry. I can't agree with what you say. I think it's that kind of humour that can only harm who uses it, so it's a bit prudish for others to get offended. If the product weren't a joke, I would have let the market decide if the joke in the home page deserved indignation or not.
- thih9 6y ago
  > I think it's that kind of humour that can only harm who uses it I disagree here. For various reasons [1] I feel that inappropriate humor shouldn’t be used in public workplace channels. Because of that it feels a bit weird for me to send or receive a link to a product that includes a sexual innuendo on its landing page. [1] At the risk of stating the obvious: If the majority of the team or if a person in a position of power starts making inappropriate jokes (here: sexual innuendos), then people in the minority or people with less power may feel uncomfortable and it may be difficult for them to stop this kind of thing.

by thih9 6y ago

qmmmur 6y ago

I can't imagine being this prudish. People have sex. It's okay to make jokes and its okay for them to be about real things that happen.

thih9 6y ago
> It's okay to make jokes and its okay for them to be about real things that happen. Yes but not in a business context. Quote from a random law firm: “Sexual jokes are not merely inappropriate in the workplace — they can constitute sexual harassment.” Source: https://www.thearmstronglawfirm.com/sexual-harassment/sexual-harassment-sexual-jokes/ https://www.thearmstronglawfirm.com/sexual-harassment/sexual...
- qmmmur 6y ago
  Yes except this is a totally indirect statement not directed at you and is not in the slightest sense vulgar, nor is it even real in the sense that a person is saying it to you. I do wonder how you get on with your life if you find yourself facing a potential sexual harassment case over a product you don't have to use.
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  - dismantlethesun 6y ago
    I don't know. If this were a real product and not a joke, the marketing team would suggest putting sex jokes on the homepage, and probably debate which sex joke would get the the most laughs, and why. They might even end up doing surveys to find out if our sex jokes are too raunchy, or just right. If I worked there, and had to listen to a bunch of guys laughing about sex jokes all day, I'd probably feel awkward and left out---even if none of those jokes were directed at me, and only were said in the context of making customers laugh. Disclaimer: I have worked at companies that sold sex toys, and no one made any sex jokes at work, or in our marketing material.
mnd999 6y ago
Depends a lot on your culture. In some countries this would be okay, in others not so much.

duval 6y ago

The whole thing is a joke

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zemvpferreira 6y ago

The joke is that the product is a joke ;)

gcatalfamo 6y ago

Disclaimer: I am saying this super calm, it's not like I'm angry. I can't agree with what you say. I think it's that kind of humour that can only harm who uses it, so it's a bit prudish for others to get offended. If the product weren't a joke, I would have let the market decide if the joke in the home page deserved indignation or not.

thih9 6y ago
> I think it's that kind of humour that can only harm who uses it I disagree here. For various reasons [1] I feel that inappropriate humor shouldn’t be used in public workplace channels. Because of that it feels a bit weird for me to send or receive a link to a product that includes a sexual innuendo on its landing page. [1] At the risk of stating the obvious: If the majority of the team or if a person in a position of power starts making inappropriate jokes (here: sexual innuendos), then people in the minority or people with less power may feel uncomfortable and it may be difficult for them to stop this kind of thing.