Perez just posted this to Wil Wheaton:
https://twitter.com/PissedOffRyno/status/219343681575063552
Going for total career suicide, I see.
miscarriage soup? what a douche
Perez just posted this to Wil Wheaton:
https://twitter.com/PissedOffRyno/status/219343681575063552
Going for total career suicide, I see.
Having a hard time coming up with a context that would make the use of "feminazi slut" appropiate.
Then again, from what I've seen he seems to make a living out of trolling people, so justifying why he still gets paid to work there could be reasonably attributed to "lolgamingjournalism".
Having a hard time coming up with a context that would make the use of "feminazi slut" appropiate.
Then again, from what I've seen he seems to make a living out of trolling people, so justifying why he still gets paid to work there could be reasonably attributed to "lolgamingjournalism".
Don't most sites include some sort of "The opinions shared by whoever, whatever, whenever, or more specifically, the people who work/worked here, may not be the opinions shared by us."
And it seems like he said this stuff on his own twitter account -- which puts it totally outside the domain of any jobs business. Now people may fire you if you post something on the internet?
I don't condone randomly insulting people, but to fire someone for uttering an opinion on the internet is very bad. Might just be a troll, cause it sounds like it (Hopefully not, though, as the current state of video game "journalism" has required me to quote, unquote, that word.)
I just quite like the fact that the person at the centre of all this hasn't engaged in this farce whatsoever. I think that says alot for the cult of outrage that seems to crop up whenever something like this happens. If the person at the centre of all this clearly doesn't give a shit what some random nobody on twitter said to her, then really why should you?
Having a hard time coming up with a context that would make the use of "feminazi slut" appropiate.
Then again, from what I've seen he seems to make a living out of trolling people, so justifying why he still gets paid to work there could be reasonably attributed to "lolgamingjournalism".
Because famous + nice looking + geek girl = whiteknighters all over.
The same thing could be said on any tabloid site which descructoid seems to distance with,
Yes. That's solely at the discretion of your employer. Just because it's something done off of the job doesn't mean you can't be held liable for it. How do you not know this?
I just quite like the fact that the person at the centre of all this hasn't engaged in this farce whatsoever. I think that says alot for the cult of outrage that seems to crop up whenever something like this happens. If the person at the centre of all this clearly doesn't give a shit what some random nobody on twitter said to her, then really why should you?
It's not a violation to offend someone on Twitter, and I'm guessing his employer didn't find some law that supported anything like it. I live in Norway though, maybe it's different in America, but to me, this just seems logica -- but maybe it's similar here too. I thought you had to basically commit a crime to get rightfully fired, unless hired by some private company with no contract.
It's not a violation to offend someone on Twitter, and I'm guessing his employer didn't find some law that supported anything like it. I live in Norway though, maybe it's different in America, but to me, this just seems logica -- but maybe it's similar here too. I thought you had to basically commit a crime to get rightfully fired, unless hired by some private company with no contract.
Why did you reply to the same exact post three times?
You definitely don't have to commit a crime to get fired and I think that goes for most countries. You could for example, suck at your job, fail to fulfill the terms of your contract, violate a specific clause in your contract, behave poorly on the job, bring negative attention to your employer, etc and so forth. Not saying his firing was justified but you definitely don't have to commit a crime to get fired.It's not a violation to offend someone on Twitter, and I'm guessing his employer didn't find some law that supported anything like it. I live in Norway though, maybe it's different in America, but to me, this just seems logica -- but maybe it's similar here too. I thought you had to basically commit a crime to get rightfully fired, unless hired by some private company with no contract.
Having a hard time coming up with a context that would make the use of "feminazi slut" appropiate.
Then again, from what I've seen he seems to make a living out of trolling people, so justifying why he still gets paid to work there could be reasonably attributed to "lolgamingjournalism".
It's not a violation to offend someone on Twitter, and I'm guessing his employer didn't find some law that supported anything like it. I live in Norway though, maybe it's different in America, but to me, this just seems logica -- but maybe it's similar here too. I thought you had to basically commit a crime to get rightfully fired, unless hired by some private company with no contract.
If you think the only way to get fired of a job is comitting a crime, or that your company wouldn't mind anything you say as long as you don't do it at your job, you really should read some more about issues like this.
We know that, but why does Sterling have a job still when he has said way worse?
If you do something that makes your company look bad, regardless of whether it's on or off the job, you can expect to the reprimanded for it. If someone in a Norwegian company went off on a racist rant on their personal twitter they wouldn't be fired for it?
We know that, but why does Sterling have a job still when he has said way worse?
It does not sound likely.. but I don't know the corporate laws well. You can easily claim that you don't remember writing that, or a friend wrote it.
Sure, the company that you are describing would surely claim that it doesn't matter, as the Twitter account is your responsibility. But then you might claim otherwise, and demand that they list the specifics of the crimes and which law it breaks or something like that. Chatroom, forum, blog, open blog, friend blog, private blog, etc, are all different, and I don't think the laws have caught up yet. Twitter has even more rules, no ?
Or maybe you could claim that your autospelling corrected certain words.
Having a hard time coming up with a context that would make the use of "feminazi slut" appropiate.
Then again, from what I've seen he seems to make a living out of trolling people, so justifying why he still gets paid to work there could be reasonably attributed to "lolgamingjournalism".
We know that, but why does Sterling have a job still when he has said way worse?
satire
the bigger question here is : WHO GIVES A SHIT.
seriously , this is just fucking stupid.
Go play a game , watch a movie , get outside - anything is better than following dumbasses on twitter...i dont want to live on this planet anymore.
If you think the only way to get fired of a job is comitting a crime, or that your company wouldn't mind anything you say as long as you don't do it at your job, you really should read some more about issues like this.
"Probably because he's higher up than just an intern.
I didn't realize it was so easy to get away with shit in Norway.
Well, I'm reading now - I wasn't that interested in it/thought about it before, but it sounded very weird that he got fired for something like this.
Would that mean that you would not be allowed to officially appear as a member of certain websites that would make a powerful statement, either? Since that would probably be worse for the business than a statement directed towards someone. And when a job is allowed to determine where I can register, or not register, or what I'm allowed to publically like, then I think it is starting to sound a lot like a bad place.
And I meant, specifically, insulting (Not evil or cruel insulting either.) a chick or guy at Twitter - it wouldn't extend beyond that. But still, I would think that it would require several incidents along with some really mean statements.
felicia day's contribution to gaming shouldn't be underestimated. she's done voice acting. for games. that's more than most of you lot.
then again, Jade Raymond actually makes a difference in video games, so she's not all that and then some.
and tera Patrick also did voice acting in video games. so day's impact on games is on the same level as a porn star.
do voice actors have an impact on video games?
you'd think gamers and wallets have more impact...
At will employment. You can be fired in America for being seen at the grocery story in a green shirt. Or for preferring Coke to Pepsi. Or for mostly any other reason.It's not a violation to offend someone on Twitter, and I'm guessing his employer didn't find some law that supported anything like it. I live in Norway though, maybe it's different in America, but to me, this just seems logica -- but maybe it's similar here too. I thought you had to basically commit a crime to get rightfully fired, unless hired by some private company with no contract.
I usually only engage in these kinds of topics (News of people doing stuff; something bad, nice, or neutral.) if I thought it was interesting, or I could learn something new, or, usually, because I'm fascinated by human behaviour (The original story, and the people who respond, their opinions, how diverse they are, can be interesting at times.)
felicia day's contribution to gaming shouldn't be underestimated. she's done voice acting. for games. that's more than most of you lot.
then again, Jade Raymond actually makes a difference in video games,
At will employment. You can be fired in America for being seen at the grocery story in a green shirt. Or for preferring Coke to Pepsi. Or for mostly any other reason.
And...?
Now see, this is a woman that isn't a "glorified booth babe" because she's in the trenches with the rest of the developers (mostly male) and looking into polishing/creating visions like the Assassin's Creed series' launch.
Felicia Day may do voice acting, but anyone can lend their voice. I haven't seen anything special from Felicia Day outside of that stupid "the Guild" series of skits that may be funny to some people. His comment about her being a "glorified booth babe," to me... is pretty spot on, as sexist as that sounds.and I'm not knocking well done voice-acting, I'm just saying
I think he does have a point in asking what she brings to the industry a little bit, but not in that tone. It should've been a more inquisitive "what exactly do you do, Felicia?" and probably gotten a lot less fire for asking it that way.
I think he does have a point in asking what she brings to the industry a little bit, but not in that tone. It should've been a more inquisitive "what exactly do you do, Felicia?" and probably gotten a lot less fire for asking it that way.
Why does her contribution or lack thereof to the gaming industry matter?
But why even ask her the question? Has she ever said that she makes major contributions to the industry? If he has a problem with the fact that she's often hired to appear on game related shows, then go take it up with the people that hire her. You can't expect her to turn down those jobs when it's for an industry that she enjoys.