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For those not familiar with the lady he's referring to, her name is Justine Sacco. She was a senior director of corporate communications, and this (among severa

by Frondo 5y ago

For those not familiar with the lady he's referring to, her name is Justine Sacco. She was a senior director of corporate communications, and this (among several tweets making fun of people or places) is the one that presumably got her fires: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-tweet-ruined-justine-saccos-life.html https://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/how-one-stupid-t...

nonameiguess 5y ago
I recognized who the parent comment was talking about immediately. Note that this woman is now the Chief Communications Officer of the Match group. Goes to show the fear that everyone shows about this topic is almost always overblown. Assuming you aren't actually Harvey Weinstein and didn't do anything criminal, the worst that happens in every other case is you get the same job or even better for a different company a few years later. Brendan Eich and Mel Gibson still have no trouble finding work. Cancellation doesn't ever seem to be a life sentence. James Damore seems to be doing fine, just not at Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-damore-b277b62b/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-damore-b277b62b/ (interesting that he doesn't name the startup, though).
- iczero 5y ago
  > Cancellation doesn't ever seem to be a life sentence. I don't believe "they'll recover eventually" is in any way an excuse for "let's ruin this person's life [temporarily] for fun". They got fired and are likely unable to have a stable life for a year. I sure wouldn't like to get fired and have the paparazzi in front of my house for the next month. > Goes to show that the fear everyone shows about this topic is almost always overblown. Sounds like the right amount of fear to me. Some people don't have the privilege to go without a job for a year. Some people don't have the mental fortitude to deal with the crap that ensues. People shouldn't need to worry about getting fired because the people of social media didn't agree with what they said.
iczero 5y ago
In case it isn't obvious, she's making a joke on racist stereotypes. Edit: definitely read the article, it's quite good.

by Frondo 5y ago

nonameiguess 5y ago

I recognized who the parent comment was talking about immediately. Note that this woman is now the Chief Communications Officer of the Match group. Goes to show the fear that everyone shows about this topic is almost always overblown. Assuming you aren't actually Harvey Weinstein and didn't do anything criminal, the worst that happens in every other case is you get the same job or even better for a different company a few years later. Brendan Eich and Mel Gibson still have no trouble finding work. Cancellation doesn't ever seem to be a life sentence. James Damore seems to be doing fine, just not at Google: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-damore-b277b62b/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-damore-b277b62b/ (interesting that he doesn't name the startup, though).

iczero 5y ago
> Cancellation doesn't ever seem to be a life sentence. I don't believe "they'll recover eventually" is in any way an excuse for "let's ruin this person's life [temporarily] for fun". They got fired and are likely unable to have a stable life for a year. I sure wouldn't like to get fired and have the paparazzi in front of my house for the next month. > Goes to show that the fear everyone shows about this topic is almost always overblown. Sounds like the right amount of fear to me. Some people don't have the privilege to go without a job for a year. Some people don't have the mental fortitude to deal with the crap that ensues. People shouldn't need to worry about getting fired because the people of social media didn't agree with what they said.

iczero 5y ago

In case it isn't obvious, she's making a joke on racist stereotypes. Edit: definitely read the article, it's quite good.