throwawayeo5

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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
It’s a little unnecessary.
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
See, that’s the thing: nobody gives a crap who uses which bathroom at work. Really. Nobody argues about that. But arguing about policy or socialism or who is a real communist or not is not work-appropriate.
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
I think that’s a good idea. :) I’ve considered doing the same thing, although I currently don’t even have a blog under my REAL name. It’s very easy to self-censor, especially if you’re not famous or powerful enough not to have to care.
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
There is a way simpler explanation: it makes people work harder, longer for no extra money.
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
The worst part is that it’s typically navel-gazing about national politics. Don’t get me wrong, I agree with my coworkers’ views a lot, but good god, does anyone know what the state legislature is doing? How about the governor? Which of our
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
> Do you want to live in a society where that's a thing that people can do? We already do. C.f. laws, courts.
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
I’m actually gay, but thank you for assuming I don’t struggle with LGBTQ issues. :) Anyway, there is a difference between getting into an argument about socialism (happens at my work) and using the restroom that matches your identity. The f
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
Jesus, can people just not talk about politics/religion/sex at work? This isn’t a problem for other work environments. Maybe it’s an age thing? Or maybe it happens when people become too friendly with their coworkers. Either way,
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
Email is always a nightmare. My ex runs a BSD mail server that seems to work alright (and he has a cloud service that will handle mail in the event of a server failure). Me? I pay Fastmail like $50/year to do that for me, and they’re w
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by throwawayeo5 9y ago
No, because it’s not against the law to scan servers on the internet. If you don’t want people to scan listening services, don’t let those services listen publicly on the internet. If you were to log into the server, though, that would viol