The professor of the #distractinglysexy fame loses his job

[Valmy]

I have.

Was it when the Red Sox fans were celebrating winning the World Series when you worked across the street? Because I could get that.

[Martinus]

I think it boils down to the conspiracy of extroverts.

It is a known fact that all greatest achievements in history have been accomplished by introverts. They are the hard-working, clever, disciplined, focused individuals willing to sacrifice their personal life for some goal - whether it is a work of art, an invention or an ideology. Conversely, extroverts are the grasshoppers and social butterflies, superficial, useless, lazy and generally dumb.

Unfortunately, in the modern day of media idiocy, the extroverts have somehow managed to convince the general public that their natural qualities - such as being willing to talk to total strangers or carrying a pointless conversation about some useless and time-wasting crap - are signs of a healthy personality - and that introverts are somehow emotionally stunted or inferior. Now they began to get introverts fired - personally, I'd rather have a Nobel prize winning genius asshole than a mediocre nice guy in any position of means.

[Valmy]

Well they might be the only people who do not hate twitter.

[Caliga]

Was it when the Red Sox fans were celebrating winning the World Series when you worked across the street? Because I could get that.

Nope, it was in an interview.  This dude had been a lifer in the Army and when he got out the only work he could find was at the Charter Communications call center (which is actually in the building right next to me).  He got fired from there because he took too long on each call and they have like an average time limit they can't exceed.  For some reason the story of him telling me that made him burst into tears.  My cold black heart stirred a little, but then I felt kind of gay.

[Martinus]

Was it when the Red Sox fans were celebrating winning the World Series when you worked across the street? Because I could get that.

Nope, it was in an interview.  This dude had been a lifer in the Army and when he got out the only work he could find was at the Charter Communications call center (which is actually in the building right next to me).  He got fired from there because he took too long on each call and they have like an average time limit they can't exceed.  For some reason the story of him telling me that made him burst into tears.  My cold black heart stirred a little, but then I felt kind of gay.

Did you call security?

[Admiral Yi]

It's amazing a lifer couldn't get some federal job.

[Martinus]

What's a lifer?

[Valmy]

Being forced to work at a call center is indeed a tears worthy tale of woe.

But you didn't hire him amiright?

[Valmy]

What's a lifer?

Somebody who serves in the military for a full career.

[sbr]

To be fair, the "job" he was "fired" from was an honorary position with no pay and no actual duties.  When your one job is to just sit around and look pretty and bring prestige to an institution I can understand why they might cut the cord when your bad PR tips the scales negatively.

That said this current trend of people losing their jobs over relatively harmless jokes and opinions is getting out of hand.

[Valmy]

That said this current trend of people losing their jobs over relatively harmless jokes and opinions is getting out of hand.

Seriously. Stay off twitter. Only say boring things on Facebook. Your career might depend on it.

[Malthus]

Which of us will be the first to be publicly pilloried and fired for dumb shit we say on Languish? 

[Valmy]

Which of us will be the first to be publicly pilloried and fired for dumb shit we say on Languish? 

It is not visible to the general public and not posted under our real names...well at least not most of us. I think we will be ok.

Which is why I found it funny Hortlund ditched us for his climb to power in Sweden.

[Admiral Yi]

It is not visible to the general public and not posted under our real names...well at least not most of us. I think we will be ok.

Which is why I found it funny Hortlund ditched us for his climb to power in Sweden.

I'm sympathetic with his choice.  All it would take is a poster with a vendetta.  Some of us post enough personal information to enable a patient stalker to track us down.

[derspiess]

I think it boils down to the conspiracy of extroverts.

It is a known fact that all greatest achievements in history have been accomplished by introverts. They are the hard-working, clever, disciplined, focused individuals willing to sacrifice their personal life for some goal - whether it is a work of art, an invention or an ideology. Conversely, extroverts are the grasshoppers and social butterflies, superficial, useless, lazy and generally dumb.

Unfortunately, in the modern day of media idiocy, the extroverts have somehow managed to convince the general public that their natural qualities - such as being willing to talk to total strangers or carrying a pointless conversation about some useless and time-wasting crap - are signs of a healthy personality - and that introverts are somehow emotionally stunted or inferior. Now they began to get introverts fired - personally, I'd rather have a Nobel prize winning genius asshole than a mediocre nice guy in any position of means.

Wow.  Spot on.