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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
Thanks, I appreciate it. I knew this was likely to happen on the sooner side rather than later. I canāt say that the mediocre exit package theyāve given others is entirely unappealing either. Taking it is possibly a bad move in the longer term, but itās not like Iād have a choice if I end up there.
The fact theyāre hiring was one of the threads I was considering pulling, but the questions my colleagues have asked without knowing that context should already reveal some of the obvious issues with that. Iām unsure if thereās strategic value in showing this card up front instead of as a comment on their PR-manufactured response after they lose the ability to reply. I also wonder if revealing the fact Iāve looked at job listings might hurt my standing.
The aggression in my response (sales pitch, as youāve rightly pointed out) is something Iāve been weighing up too. I have access to all the expensive blanding/branding AI models so itās more trivial to conceal my resentment at the whole exercise than it used to be, but whether itās possible to extract anything from them which I can counter is not something in which I have confidence.
Iām so tired of this world.
If honesty isnāt the best policy you can always work in that while looking into that company you noticed that they have no one in your role and in fact is actually hiring their first. You donāt have to mention where and how you found it, people will probably assumed you used a search engine.
Youāre right, Iām getting too cautious. Job listings arenāt unusual to see even when youāre not actively looking. Thanks!