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I think Poe's Law applies here. I can't tell if this is satire of a prickly programmer with zero social skills or understanding of business context or an actual
by CPLX 3y ago
I think Poe's Law applies here. I can't tell if this is satire of a prickly programmer with zero social skills or understanding of business context or an actual person.
OK you want to work remote. Great, do that. Literally, it's great for you. Some people might not want that, some people might want to run companies where that doesn't happen. Don't work at those places.
But then you get to gems like this:
"If I had to give only one bit of advice to anyone ever faced with an ultimatum from someone with power over them (be it an employer or abusive romantic partner), it would be: Ultimately, never choose the one giving you an ultimatum."
Sure thing buddy. Are we talking about an ultimatum not to send creepy as fuck text messages to female colleagues, or not to start endless flame wars in the slack channel over minute technical bullshit that doesn't matter? Or just this topic? I thought we were generalizing.
"Conversely, if you let these assholes exert their power over you, you dehumanize yourself in submission."
Are we 14? Of course your employer has power over you. You also have power in the equation as well, and you're both very free to walk away or pursue other opportunities. How about just being an adult and negotiating for what you want?
- sdfghswe 3y agoAre you suggesting that they might not have social skills and send creepy text messages to female colleagues because they're a furry?
- Tainnor 3y agoThere was nothing in GP's post that indicated they thought this (and for me personally, that doesn't even compute, as I see no connection).
- sdfghswe 3y agoThere's nothing to suggest that they would have no social skills, or send creepy messages to their female co-workers either.
- Tainnor 3y agoAnd the comment you replied to didn't say that they'd send inappropriate messages to female coworkers. It was about giving examples for reasonable ultimatums that contradict the point of the blog post.
- sdfghswe 3y ago> Sure thing buddy. Are we talking about an ultimatum not to send creepy as fuck text messages to female colleagues (...) Why would anyone make an ultimatum not to send creepy text messages to female colleagues, if they're not sending creepy text messages to female colleagues?
- Tainnor 3y agoThey were giving general examples of things where giving an ultimatum in the workplace makes sense and not explicitly addressing OP's workplace behaviour. I feel like you're the only person here bringing up that OP is a furry (you, and some other comment that is thankfully dead).
- sdfghswe 3y agoWhy thankfully? Are you a furry?
- Tainnor 3y agoBecause it's completely irrelevant to the discussion at hand whether or not the author is a furry or not.
- CPLX 3y agoWhen I wrote that comment I had no idea the blog writer was a furry. Now that I do however I am even more sure that his reasoning for not wanting to be in a public setting is even less worthy of generalization than I had originally thought.