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  • HoraceH Offline
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    Horace
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    #71

    That's about it. Nothing too cringey tbh. If that one young lady had been allowed to, she'd have taken it there, but cooler heads prevailed. In the wrap-up the D&I coordinator implored everybody to take the lessons they learned today and teach them to their children.

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      #72

      I'm a little worried that this may be a stupid question, but who exactly are these people talking to? Their own group(s) must be enlightened already, so it would be silly to go through all this for them. Are they talking to you as an unenlighted white male supremicist? Are there that many of you that this dog and pony show was necessary? If yes, then this is a pretty condescending, not to mention juvenile, way to go about your re-education and BTW, who the fuck do they think they are???

      What do they hope to accomplish? If this had taken place in an auditorium, were you supposed to go galloping up the aisle, tears streaming, shouting, "I believe! I believe!"

      I am beginning to suspect that Aqua's gentle reminder that I am out of the loop was justified, cuz you know what? I don't really get it.

      Added later: Or is this whole thing just self indulgence? No other reason to do it than to entertain themselves like kids in recess? Needed a grownup reason to actually just do what they'd do anyway?

      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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      • HoraceH Horace

        That's about it. Nothing too cringey tbh. If that one young lady had been allowed to, she'd have taken it there, but cooler heads prevailed. In the wrap-up the D&I coordinator implored everybody to take the lessons they learned today and teach them to their children.

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        Copper
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        #73

        @Horace said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

        Nothing too cringey

        Sorry, the whole thing is cringey

        The whole thing

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        • CopperC Copper

          @Horace said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

          Nothing too cringey

          Sorry, the whole thing is cringey

          The whole thing

          HoraceH Offline
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          Horace
          wrote on last edited by
          #74

          @Copper said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

          @Horace said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

          Nothing too cringey

          Sorry, the whole thing is cringey

          The whole thing

          Sure but I’m grading the cringe on a curve. It could have been a lot worse.

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          • MikM Away
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            Mik
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            #75

            That's rather like saying it is good because the electric chair killed him quickly.

            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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            • HoraceH Offline
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              #76

              This year we got July 4 off but not Juneteenth. I think that preference for holidays is coming under the microscope. Corporate won’t just add another day for Juneteenth, presumably, but they may trade July 4 for it. Probably don’t want to trade MLK day for it. The other viable option is Presidents’ Day. Nobody cares about that one.

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                #77

                Nah they’ll whack Good Friday.

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • HoraceH Horace

                  This year we got July 4 off but not Juneteenth. I think that preference for holidays is coming under the microscope. Corporate won’t just add another day for Juneteenth, presumably, but they may trade July 4 for it. Probably don’t want to trade MLK day for it. The other viable option is Presidents’ Day. Nobody cares about that one.

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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    Nah they’ll whack Good Friday.

                    HoraceH Offline
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                    @jon-nyc said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

                    Nah they’ll whack Good Friday.

                    We don't get that one.

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                      Too late! They probably already swapped it for indigenous peoples day

                      Only non-witches get due process.

                      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        Hmm, like @Renauda never heard of this day until today.

                        While I "kind" of understand it, there are also a lot of important days in history that are not national holidays. :woman-shrugging:

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                          The two VPs I was most familiar with through my career were both gay, but it was never a thing with either of them. Just something everybody knew about and nobody cared about. They both retired early this year, just in time to not be involved with this new thing where they're supposed to be public and proud representatives of their people. What a shittily awkward position to be put in. Not everybody is down with this identitarian stuff, even those who ostensibly gain cultural credibility with the claim to it.

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                          • HoraceH Horace

                            The two VPs I was most familiar with through my career were both gay, but it was never a thing with either of them. Just something everybody knew about and nobody cared about. They both retired early this year, just in time to not be involved with this new thing where they're supposed to be public and proud representatives of their people. What a shittily awkward position to be put in. Not everybody is down with this identitarian stuff, even those who ostensibly gain cultural credibility with the claim to it.

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                            @Horace said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

                            The two VPs I was most familiar with through my career were both gay, but it was never a thing with either of them. Just something everybody knew about and nobody cared about. They both retired early this year, just in time to not be involved with this new thing where they're supposed to be public and proud representatives of their people. What a shittily awkward position to be put in. Not everybody is down with this identitarian stuff, even those who ostensibly gain cultural credibility with the claim to it.

                            Someone I work with is currently raising shit that we're not off on Monday for Juneteenth. It's like bro, shut the fuck up, you're a contractor. You don't get paid if you don't show up, which by the way is always your option.

                            Please love yourself.

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                            • MikM Away
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                              Contractors don’t get to have opinions on personnel matters.

                              “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                              • MikM Mik

                                Contractors don’t get to have opinions on personnel matters.

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                                @Mik said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

                                Contractors don’t get to have opinions on personnel matters.

                                Which they shouldn't even care about. But of course this is about leveraging power through minority PR, not personnel or a holiday. So, have fun with your alienation, man, I hope the pariah thing works out for you.

                                Please love yourself.

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                                • MikM Away
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                                  Again, a poor strategy for temporary resources.

                                  “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                                  • MikM Mik

                                    Again, a poor strategy for temporary resources.

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                                    @Mik said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

                                    Again, a poor strategy for temporary resources.

                                    Absolutely! Probably applies to the whole woke debacle in general, too.

                                    Please love yourself.

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                                    • Catseye3C Offline
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                                      Had a thought about Juneteenth, and this is the closest thread I could find.

                                      Today's Google Doodle is of a group of blacks noodling around in a park or something. All black faces, no whites.

                                      It occurred to me to wonder, aren't whites allowed to commemorate Juneteenth? Isn't it reasonable to suppose that the end of slavery of human beings is also a source of gladness for whites?

                                      In fact, in a much, much less abhorrent and frightful way, were not whites also liberated at that time from the onus of owning humans?

                                      Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                      • Catseye3C Catseye3

                                        Had a thought about Juneteenth, and this is the closest thread I could find.

                                        Today's Google Doodle is of a group of blacks noodling around in a park or something. All black faces, no whites.

                                        It occurred to me to wonder, aren't whites allowed to commemorate Juneteenth? Isn't it reasonable to suppose that the end of slavery of human beings is also a source of gladness for whites?

                                        In fact, in a much, much less abhorrent and frightful way, were not whites also liberated at that time from the onus of owning humans?

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                                        #89

                                        @Catseye3 said in Juneteenth/pride virtual event at work:

                                        Had a thought about Juneteenth, and this is the closest thread I could find.

                                        Today's Google Doodle is of a group of blacks noodling around in a park or something. All black faces, no whites.

                                        It occurred to me to wonder, aren't whites allowed to commemorate Juneteenth? Isn't it reasonable to suppose that the end of slavery of human beings is also a source of gladness for whites?

                                        In fact, in a much, much less abhorrent and frightful way, were not whites also liberated at that time from the onus of owning humans?

                                        You're about 30 years behind where the narrative has strayed to.

                                        Please love yourself.

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                                          The status of Juneteenth is a sad commentary.

                                          You think it is divisive now?

                                          It is, very divisive.

                                          Just wait until it is cancelled.

                                          It is just as inevitable as Roe's cancellation.

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