Elon Musk: Always A Douche

[OttoVonBismarck]

What is ridiculous is that in this particular case, people on the left are actually using the fact that the right does this as a way of simply dismissing actual criticism of "woke" politics. This is happening right here in this very thread, right now.

You struggle to see the forest for the trees. You sound like Mearsheimer in his interview with the New Yorker a few days ago when he was talking about Putin / Russia. There is a world where Russia has some legitimate claims vis-a-vis NATO and Ukraine, choosing to give them air in an environment of massive lies and dishonesty by Putin is simply carrying water for him, it isn't being smart, nuanced, self-critical or anything else. Same deal with the Republican Jihad and their nonsense.

[Barrister]

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[Berkut]

What is ridiculous is that in this particular case, people on the left are actually using the fact that the right does this as a way of simply dismissing actual criticism of "woke" politics. This is happening right here in this very thread, right now.

You struggle to see the forest for the trees. You sound like Mearsheimer in his interview with the New Yorker a few days ago when he was talking about Putin / Russia. There is a world where Russia has some legitimate claims vis-a-vis NATO and Ukraine, choosing to give them air in an environment of massive lies and dishonesty by Putin is simply carrying water for him, it isn't being smart, nuanced, self-critical or anything else. Same deal with the Republican Jihad and their nonsense.

Like I said, thank goodness we can all just stop worrying about anything the left does, because to do so is just carrying water for the right.

Is there a war on that I was not aware of, btw?

Or is the left always at war with the right, and hence any criticism of the left will always be "just like Putin/Russia"?

[OttoVonBismarck]

useful idiot
noun
plural useful idiots
: a naive or credulous person who can be manipulated or exploited to advance a cause or political agenda

[Berkut]

Ad hominem. I would post a definition, but you know it already. You don't care of course, because you lack integrity, as usual.

[OttoVonBismarck]

How Berkut sees himself:

[The Brain]

Is that Cal on the right?

[Berkut]

Double down on the ad hom, well done.

I wonder what you hope to accomplish with this kind of just...nastiness. Are you trying to give Musk a run for his money at being just an all around unpleasant person who cannot have a discussion without resorting to this kind of petty bullshit?

Are you trying to give an object lesson in how to shut down other views you have failed to dispute with reason?

[Admiral Yi]

(though...you know...sexual harassment is a crime)

Sexual harassment generally violates civil laws—you have a right to work or learn without being harassed—but in many cases is not a criminal act, while sexual assault usually refers to acts that are criminal.

From rainn.org when I asked google.

[celedhring]

Interesting, over here it is a crime. Just one that doesn't necessarily involve jail time.

[OttoVonBismarck]

Some forms of sexual harassment are crimes, but some aren't. Sexual harassment is a broad term in employment law that includes things that are only a civil violation but also includes more serious sexual crimes (sexual assault / rape), in the case when it crosses over into those more serious crimes it usually isn't referred to as harassment colloquially, but definitionally sexual harassment is a broad term that encapsulates any type of sexual misconduct in a workplace or professional setting.

Sexual harassment in an employment setting is investigated by the EEOC who can issue civil penalties and initiate civil proceedings. For a more serious workplace incident like a workplace sexual assault or rape, depending on the context, there may be a criminal prosecution of the perpetrator but also a civil proceeding with the EEOC against the employer.

[The Larch]

Going back to Musk's deranged management style...

Saddle up, Twitter engineering managers. Elon Musk expects you to be writing a lot of code and he wants to see it tonight, according to an internal memo first reported by Platformer's Zoe Schiffer that I also obtained. Here is the full email, which was sent just after 3 AM Pacific time on Monday with the subject line "Code Reviews Tonight:"

Please be prepared to show what you've accomplished in the past ten days.

As a reminder, all managers are expected to write a meaningful amount of software themselves. Being unable to do so is like a cavalry captain who can't ride a horse.

Thanks,

Elon

[Barrister]

Some forms of sexual harassment are crimes, but some aren't. Sexual harassment is a broad term in employment law that includes things that are only a civil violation but also includes more serious sexual crimes (sexual assault / rape), in the case when it crosses over into those more serious crimes it usually isn't referred to as harassment colloquially, but definitionally sexual harassment is a broad term that encapsulates any type of sexual misconduct in a workplace or professional setting.

Sexual harassment in an employment setting is investigated by the EEOC who can issue civil penalties and initiate civil proceedings. For a more serious workplace incident like a workplace sexual assault or rape, depending on the context, there may be a criminal prosecution of the perpetrator but also a civil proceeding with the EEOC against the employer.

There is a separate charge of criminal harassment in Canadian law: you have to conduct a pattern of behaviour that causes someone to fear for their safety.  Obviously that kind of harassment could carry out an element of fear for your personal sexual safety and integrity - but also clear that one could be sexually harassed, feel deeply uncomfortable, yet not fear for your safety.

So what remedy do you have if you're sexually harassed, but short of criminal harassment?  Some courts (very few) have suggested there is a tort of harassment so you could sue and get damages - but that is not widely adopted.  There are more well established torts of intentional infliction of emotional distress, and the tort of battery.

BUt typically you're stuck with relying on human rights law or a claim of constructive dismissal.

[DGuller]

If I had to define "woke" in one word, there is a very good word for this:  Latinx.  It neatly captures almost everything that is wrong with the woke.

[Sophie Scholl]

Going back to Musk's deranged management style...

Saddle up, Twitter engineering managers. Elon Musk expects you to be writing a lot of code and he wants to see it tonight, according to an internal memo first reported by Platformer's Zoe Schiffer that I also obtained. Here is the full email, which was sent just after 3 AM Pacific time on Monday with the subject line "Code Reviews Tonight:"

Please be prepared to show what you've accomplished in the past ten days.

As a reminder, all managers are expected to write a meaningful amount of software themselves. Being unable to do so is like a cavalry captain who can't ride a horse.

Thanks,

Elon

...people keep pointing out to him that that isn't how things work and he just keeps pushing ahead with his idiocy. Absolutely astounding. The reports of the companies he buys having success despite him and having to have a whole division to keeping him from breaking things and coddling his ego seems more and more accurate by the day. What an out of touch and awful manchild. It's like all of the worst traits of the children from Willy Wonka got amalgamated into one person.