Normal people check: Should I try to get this guy fired for making light of British Empire looting at work?
Normal people check: Should I try to get this guy fired for making light of British Empire looting at work?
So there's a popular meme that got shared in my workplace titled "British Museum calls police to deal with stolen artifacts" over a photo of Jared from the hit HBO show Silicon Valley saying "I sense you're doing something ironic"
The comments are filled with mostly Indian and Chinese nationals talking shit about the British Museum in a professional manner
Then a literal London office worker says "ITT: cope" and posts a photo of a British guy laughing with one of those old school giant white wigs on captioned "laughs in British"
The few (Silicon Valley) coworkers I shared this to don't really seem to care but I'm not overreacting by wanting to try to get the (mostly useless, controlled opposition by the company) union to help me spread this everywhere internally and mass report him to HR right?
Like I'm normal right. I can't fucking tell anymore I've been living in technocratic Hell for the last year
all I'm saying is that it would be extremely funny to print out "cope" memes and stick them on his desk/car as he's getting fired
I understand why it enrages you, but I honestly don't think reporting this to HR is going to go well if you work with silicon valley people. It's too dogwhistley for people who aren't chronically online, which HR probably isnt enough. Silicon valley people also look up to the British empire.
Idk, I just don't want you to be disappointed by how shitty tech bros are. People on Hexbear are the normal ones. The world is extremely cruel off this site, the British and the Romans won in the long term.
Silicon valley people also look up to the British empire
I know multiple Indians who respect the British empire for colonizing everybody and felt devastated when the Queen died
that would enrage me too. just file an anonymous report if you can. if nobody you’ve talked to abt it cares then its not likely to go anywhere serious if this is the only thing they’ve done. u might even be endangering ur own employment by pushing this too hard, but idk
I hate my job anyways tbh
rip. go for it then ig. fuck that guy, imperialism apologists btfo
Sounds like the Londoner is a douche-bag imperialist racist who thinks its funny that his country pillaged the world for artifacts not because they wanted them but just because they didn't want their rightful owners to have them.
If it is in your power to make this douche-canoe's life worse because of their racism than as an anti-racist it is your duty to do so.
Fuck Racists. Fuck Imperialists and Fuck anyone who would try to minimize their crimes.
My call is that you should probably report this to HR or whoever, and then let this go. Not because the guy doesn't deserve to be hounded, but because you don't deserve the stress of making yourself responsible for getting justice. You don't have the power to fix this yourself and you're probably going to drive yourself up the wall if you try
Now that you know they suck, bait them into doing worse.
At least a 50% chance they're a vehement transphobe. If your workplace is theoretically against that, what a great button to innocently push.
My workplace is super weird on trans rights
My health insurance has a special deal with my employer to cover not just surgeries and HRT but also laser, electrolysis, and voice training lessons without any special letters or documentation from a doctor
But they also cancelled a drag show for Pride at the request and pressure of the Christian group lmao
Ah, that might be an un-fun one then
Have they been problematic in the past? Are they just "playing the role" of the British Empire by blatantly being a dickhead? You would understand the dynamic here better than me.
But my initial thought is it would suck to lose your livelihood by what might be a micro-aggression that they might not have even meant to do. I'd personally just make a mental note of it. But shooting the shit between co-workers is a tough reason to be fired.
Even shitty people (within reason) need to pay the bills.
If the person sucks otherwise, fuck'em.
This employer is global. The meme has 2.5k upvotes
Most of the commenters were spread around USA and the guy is from London
0 chance he's joking around with friends
Based on his level he probably makes like 300k pounds in London
He'll do fine if sacked lol
I think it would be funny if you stole some of their things and replaced it with a printout of that meme and their response. Definitely engage the union though, I think that's a good start. If they doesn't repent then they are literally too racist and then nothing lost.
This is such a major overreaction. You want to get someone fired for participating in a discussion of a harmless meme?
Yea, I fucking hate Silicon Valley tech bros, they're the worst people I've ever had the pleasure of meeting and nobody here deserves to make more than 20% of their salaries, including me
Not from a labour value perspective but from a these people suck, their job provides net negative societal value and they don't deserve a wealthy life perspective
I'm been around here long enough to know these people will never have class solidarity even amongst their own tech kind
participating in a discussion of a harmless meme
that's such a blatant misrepresentation. he's mocking a harmless meme that criticizes imperialism with a harmful meme that celebrates imperialism. he's mocking his Indian and Chinese coworkers for being rightfully upset about what his country did to their countries, and gloating about stealing their artifacts
Yeah I kind of agree. Shitty thing to say, sure. Should you maybe file an antonymous complaint so it's at least documented in the case this becomes a pattern? Absolutely. Should you try to manufacturer bullshit to get the guy fired? What are you high?
Edit: wanted to mention I work with a lot of techbros and this is definitely a problem in the culture. But jerk reaction fireing like that only worsen the situation.
Don't think it would go anywhere, sorry.
I don't say this lightly, but i think you should kill him