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That's another weird thing about today's progressives, literally putting workplace before family - aren't you guys supposed to be socialists? The alternative is

That's another weird thing about today's progressives, literally putting workplace before family - aren't you guys supposed to be socialists? The alternative is for Sally, her boss and their coworkers to accept that romance can be impractical, inconvenient and embarrassing. But, if there is any chance at all that two people can find lasting happiness, a slim chance that I would have gotten that raise instead is a distant secondary priority. I will just insist on what I think I deserve and not obsess about others. Or if someone grants sexual favors for actual or perceived career benefit, it's on them to measure their self worth in this way. Or if the boss is willing to forego a sweetheart to avoid some office gossip and jealousy...

vkou 4y ago
Unless we're living in a Star Trek post-scarcity utopia, everyone needs to work for a living. Including all the people affected by this. You want to have a sexual relationship with your report? There's a very simple, professional, solution for you, which is to do as you advise - 'prioritize family over work', and have one of you move jobs so that you aren't ruining it for everyone else. There are more people in society than the two of you, and they are negatively affected by quid-pro-quo behaviour, or the appearance of quid-pro-quo behaviour.
- cat_plus_plus 4y ago
  LOL, like people who don't know where their next meal is coming from are the ones obsessing about who is hooking up with whom. Also what if my boss has a close friend? Cousin? Army/gym/golf buddy? Guess I will keep going around sticking my nose in other people's personal lives while humanity is going extinct in demographic collapse, because cleary everything being absolutely fair and equal to me down to microscopic level and nobody liking anybody a bit more than others is the most important thing in the world.

vkou 4y ago

Unless we're living in a Star Trek post-scarcity utopia, everyone needs to work for a living. Including all the people affected by this. You want to have a sexual relationship with your report? There's a very simple, professional, solution for you, which is to do as you advise - 'prioritize family over work', and have one of you move jobs so that you aren't ruining it for everyone else. There are more people in society than the two of you, and they are negatively affected by quid-pro-quo behaviour, or the appearance of quid-pro-quo behaviour.

cat_plus_plus 4y ago
LOL, like people who don't know where their next meal is coming from are the ones obsessing about who is hooking up with whom. Also what if my boss has a close friend? Cousin? Army/gym/golf buddy? Guess I will keep going around sticking my nose in other people's personal lives while humanity is going extinct in demographic collapse, because cleary everything being absolutely fair and equal to me down to microscopic level and nobody liking anybody a bit more than others is the most important thing in the world.