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What was the “mocking” part? “Pics, or didn’t happen”? Ps: I’m no native speaker and I don’t use Twitter. So I’m not sure about the tone and the behaviors here

What was the “mocking” part? “Pics, or didn’t happen”? Ps: I’m no native speaker and I don’t use Twitter. So I’m not sure about the tone and the behaviors here. That’s why my asking. For me, it doesn’t sound like mocking but disbelieve (but who knows )

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cldellow 4y ago
The context of the conversation was "Hey, am I fired? Neither HR nor my management chain are responding to my emails." A good answer would be "Check your email, HR has responded to you." Instead, this guy got: - asked to describe what his role was (not needed to answer the question) - when he described his role, 2 "rolling on the floor laughing" emojis - an Office Space meme, the context of which is useless employees - an accusation that he was a malingerer feigning a disability to slack off In the middle of this, Elon tweeted a meme about not being able to feel his legs. Coincidentally, the fellow who he is conversing with is wheelchair-bound and does not have the use of his legs. He also, of course, got Musk's personal army ripping into him. The ROFL emojis, Office Space meme and can't-feel-my-legs meme all count as mocking for me.
- sinuhe69 4y ago
  Got it. The article didn’t go into such details, only mentioned “Pic, or it didn’t happen” part, thus my question. PS: I’d say the article was poorly written, but now I wonder why it’s flagged? It seems HN users nowadays are ways more hot-tempered than in the past.
  - cldellow 4y ago
    The flags, I think lots of folks are just tired of all of Musk's drama.
guax 4y ago
Context is extremely important, a private conversation allow for language and nuance that a public tweet does not. Also the position of Elon not only as his boss but also as a incredibly visible public figure. Language wise, it was mocking from the start, the lack of professionalism in a conversation with an employee is out of place for a person in any management capacity but might not from close colleagues. There is so much wrong in Elons response and tone that is hard to articulate without writing multiple paragraphs to cover it all.

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cldellow 4y ago

The context of the conversation was "Hey, am I fired? Neither HR nor my management chain are responding to my emails." A good answer would be "Check your email, HR has responded to you." Instead, this guy got: - asked to describe what his role was (not needed to answer the question) - when he described his role, 2 "rolling on the floor laughing" emojis - an Office Space meme, the context of which is useless employees - an accusation that he was a malingerer feigning a disability to slack off In the middle of this, Elon tweeted a meme about not being able to feel his legs. Coincidentally, the fellow who he is conversing with is wheelchair-bound and does not have the use of his legs. He also, of course, got Musk's personal army ripping into him. The ROFL emojis, Office Space meme and can't-feel-my-legs meme all count as mocking for me.

sinuhe69 4y ago
Got it. The article didn’t go into such details, only mentioned “Pic, or it didn’t happen” part, thus my question. PS: I’d say the article was poorly written, but now I wonder why it’s flagged? It seems HN users nowadays are ways more hot-tempered than in the past.
- cldellow 4y ago
  The flags, I think lots of folks are just tired of all of Musk's drama.

guax 4y ago

Context is extremely important, a private conversation allow for language and nuance that a public tweet does not. Also the position of Elon not only as his boss but also as a incredibly visible public figure. Language wise, it was mocking from the start, the lack of professionalism in a conversation with an employee is out of place for a person in any management capacity but might not from close colleagues. There is so much wrong in Elons response and tone that is hard to articulate without writing multiple paragraphs to cover it all.