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[Gonzito]

Is David Jaffe retarded? Did he hit his head or something?

 

[Gonzito]

I went to Retardera to read the comments and man these people are fucking sick in the head. They are blaming Sony and SP for firing that lunatic developer for making jokes in social media of someone being executed with a sniper rifle in public just for saying things they dont like.

Absolutely disgusting people, I hate sharing space and breath the same air as these crazy bastards. They have no respect for life, no principles, no morals, its all about them, narcissistic and selfish pricks

 

[Denton]

Cunts like Harrison and Mercante are super happy when someone loses their job for "misgendering" someone or for simply expressing support for a politician they dislike

Yet they are very sad and complete victims when they lose a job for celebrating literal murder of an innocent man in front of his children

Curious, innit

 

[Paasei]

Damn, Alyssa got fired from McDonald's already?

 

[Dr. Samuel Hayden]

Cry more lmaoooo

 

[Jinzo Prime]

Is David Jaffe retarded?

Always has been.

 

[Boo Who?]

Nah, Mike would lose.

Thank you for not showing us her cock in this photo.

 

[CLW]

Jaffe wants to tap that

 

[FoxMcChief]

Jaffe wants to tap that

 

[poodaddy]

All other shit aside, a bad joke alone rarely will get you fired. A harrassment campaign from potential customers has a much better chance.

As someone who likes to be able to make a joke about just about anything, this growing trend of rallying people to contact employers and getting people fired for a bad joke seems pretty fucked to me.

I want to live in a world where you can make a bad joke and not have it cost you your job. If you disagree with someone's joke, you can get called out for it, but firing is a bit much.

This stuff always cuts both ways.
You might dislike what they said in this instance, but people are going to dislike what you say too.

If you cheer this shit on, I hope you're ready to lose your job for an unpopular opinion someday.

I'm late seeing this, but shit yeah bro, well fuckin said. It's crazy, but I truly think the right to comedy's the same thing as the right to free speech and freedom of expression. We don't have to like the joke, and if they keep making crass jokes after someone asks them not to then yeah, discipline them I suppose, but firing for having a giggle just seems absurd to me.

Saying this as someone who has been fired for speaking the word fuck within a sentence at a job that I had for over a year, and I was good at and I liked. A woman heard me say the word fuck in a sentence that didn't even concern her, and got me fired over it. It kinda sucks to have to constantly think about speaking perfectly all the time. Speaking as a veteran here too, it's pretty hard not to curse for me, and it's pretty hard not to make a joke on occasion, and I hate the idea of always worrying that my income might go if I don't stay perfectly within these narrow lines of verbal expression. People should feel free to express themselves to a reasonable extent without fear.

 

[Labadal]

Just remember that it wasn't a "joke". She celebrated. Revisionism at its finest.

 

[ReasonBeing]

I'm late seeing this, but shit yeah bro, well fuckin said. It's crazy, but I truly think the right to comedy's the same thing as the right to free speech and freedom of expression. We don't have to like the joke, and if they keep making crass jokes after someone asks them not to then yeah, discipline them I suppose, but firing for having a giggle just seems absurd to me.

Saying this as someone who has been fired for speaking the word fuck within a sentence at a job that I had for over a year, and I was good at and I liked. A woman heard me say the word fuck in a sentence that didn't even concern her, and got me fired over it. It kinda sucks to have to constantly think about speaking perfectly all the time. Speaking as a veteran here too, it's pretty hard not to curse for me, and it's pretty hard not to make a joke on occasion, and I hate the idea of always worrying that my income might go if I don't stay perfectly within these narrow lines of verbal expression. People should feel free to express themselves to a reasonable extent without fear.

Freedom of speech shouldn't be equated with the right to say whatever you want at work. No one is fighting for the expulsion of professionalism and decorum.

 

[IFireflyl]

All other shit aside, a bad joke alone rarely will get you fired. A harrassment campaign from potential customers has a much better chance.

As someone who likes to be able to make a joke about just about anything, this growing trend of rallying people to contact employers and getting people fired for a bad joke seems pretty fucked to me.

I want to live in a world where you can make a bad joke and not have it cost you your job. If you disagree with someone's joke, you can get called out for it, but firing is a bit much.

This stuff always cuts both ways.
You might dislike what they said in this instance, but people are going to dislike what you say too.

If you cheer this shit on, I hope you're ready to lose your job for an unpopular opinion someday.

I'm late seeing this, but shit yeah bro, well fuckin said. It's crazy, but I truly think the right to comedy's the same thing as the right to free speech and freedom of expression. We don't have to like the joke, and if they keep making crass jokes after someone asks them not to then yeah, discipline them I suppose, but firing for having a giggle just seems absurd to me.

Saying this as someone who has been fired for speaking the word fuck within a sentence at a job that I had for over a year, and I was good at and I liked. A woman heard me say the word fuck in a sentence that didn't even concern her, and got me fired over it. It kinda sucks to have to constantly think about speaking perfectly all the time. Speaking as a veteran here too, it's pretty hard not to curse for me, and it's pretty hard not to make a joke on occasion, and I hate the idea of always worrying that my income might go if I don't stay perfectly within these narrow lines of verbal expression. People should feel free to express themselves to a reasonable extent without fear.

Drew Harrison's follow-up response to this was:

If standing up against fascism is what cost me my dream job I held for 10 years, I would do it again 100x stronger

She wasn't joking. She was genuinely glad that Charlie Kirk was assassinated, and she thinks he deserved to die because he was a "fascist".
Charlie Kirk's only weapon was his words, and he encouraged people with dissenting viewpoints to engage with him rather than him only speaking in an echo chamber with people who share his views. Drew Harrison was elated that Charlie Kirk was murdered because she didn't like the words he said. Don't act like we're the crazy ones for being happy that a lunatic like that was fired. You're pointing the finger at the wrong people here.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

The game didn't even get nominated for GOTY at the Game Awards... and clearly has underperformed (commercially and culturally).

I'm pretty sure Sony is not happy with the bad PR the game got (just like they weren't with TLoU 2).

Now they have a stinky IP and five years thrown in the garbage.

Mercante's article is for internal consumption only. It's not going to shape nor change the narrative around the game. (I didn't even see videos popping up around either).

Intergalactic:

 

[consoul]

Charlie Kirk's only weapon was his words

I'm not here to defend anyone, but Harrison's only 'weapon' were her words too.

Drew Harrison was elated that Charlie Kirk was murdered because she didn't like the words he said.

And people here are elated that Harrison and others are being fired because they don't like the words they said.

I'm not equating being murdered to being fired, but if someone just said some words you don't like, maybe we shouldn't try to have them murdered or fired.

We can just disagree with their words and move the fuck on.

 

[StueyDuck]

Is David Jaffe retarded? Did he hit his head or something?

A single old man streamer, an ex cam girl...

The math is pretty easy.

And to answer your question, yes... yes he is

 

[vodka-bull]

Damn. Jaffe has become such a beta it is pathetic.

He always was.

 

[Fafalada]

Women and accountability don't mix.

Ppl that fired themselves on social media are refusing accountability pretty wholesale, agnostic of their genders or anything else.
Adam Orth has been in denial for the last 15 years over his.

 

[Boss Mog]

Is David Jaffe retarded? Did he hit his head or something?

No, he is a super woke idiot, this is completely on par for him.

 

[Embearded]

I'm not here to defend anyone, but Harrison's only 'weapon' were her words too.

And people here are elated that Harrison and others are being fired because they don't like the words they said.

I'm not equating being murdered to being fired, but if someone just said some words you don't like, maybe we shouldn't try to have them murdered or fired.

We can just disagree with their words and move the fuck on.

The dev tasted their own medicine.

Getting fired for online posts has been a tactic from their side for almost 10 years now. People had to apologize for a post they did many years ago.

Reality is, when you go either online with a tag "i work for X company" or physically to a place with a company tag hanging from your neck, your words have an impact on the company's face.
If X company doesn't share your ideas they have every right to fire your for expressing them while having the company name / logo as part of your presence.

This person celebrated / joked about the death of another human being who had certain ideas and called for discussion and thought they fought fascism by doing so.
If they worked at my company, i wouldn't even try to explain to them how wrong they are.

 

[freemandos]

I live in a country with a far worse government and I wouldn't celebrated or joked about any politician's murder. Even less a murder in front of his family in a public place. Some people should leave his/her bubble from time to time, specially from internet.

About certain "forum", so...banning/boycotting/firing a person because "gender/race/opposite ideology" comments is fine, but firing because a far worse "joke" is wrong. This doesn't commute, I think.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I'm late seeing this, but shit yeah bro, well fuckin said. It's crazy, but I truly think the right to comedy's the same thing as the right to free speech and freedom of expression. We don't have to like the joke, and if they keep making crass jokes after someone asks them not to then yeah, discipline them I suppose, but firing for having a giggle just seems absurd to me.

Saying this as someone who has been fired for speaking the word fuck within a sentence at a job that I had for over a year, and I was good at and I liked. A woman heard me say the word fuck in a sentence that didn't even concern her, and got me fired over it. It kinda sucks to have to constantly think about speaking perfectly all the time. Speaking as a veteran here too, it's pretty hard not to curse for me, and it's pretty hard not to make a joke on occasion, and I hate the idea of always worrying that my income might go if I don't stay perfectly within these narrow lines of verbal expression. People should feel free to express themselves to a reasonable extent without fear.

What you "did" is not even in the same realm as what this woman from SP did. You were fired for no other reason than being a man. Don't fool yourself thinking about free speech and whatnot.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

I'm not here to defend anyone, but Harrison's only 'weapon' were her words too.

And people here are elated that Harrison and others are being fired because they don't like the words they said.

I'm not equating being murdered to being fired, but if someone just said some words you don't like, maybe we shouldn't try to have them murdered or fired.

We can just disagree with their words and move the fuck on.

It's appalling that you or others can't see the difference. This woman publicly expressed that HALF HER POTENTIAL AUDIENCE would be better dead.

It's not only a question of decorum but putting her company on the line just to boost her ego. That's completely unprofessional and the only logical action is to fire her. I'm not judging her morality but her professionalism, which is clearly lacking.

 

[xenosys]

I doubt the developer wanted to get rid of her, but Sucker Punch have probably seen her views as potentially damaging to their brand and to their imminent release, so firing her was a means of being seen to do something about it.

I'm sure not sure whether it would have affected the game sales numbers, but getting rid of her was probably seen as the lower-risk course of action at the time.

In any case, she's clearly not a very intelligent person, or at least lacks basic common sense.

Imagine working on a title for years, and being part of a team of hundreds of people, and about 2 weeks out from the release, you make statements like she did and potentially fuck it all up for everyone.

Talk about being brain dead.

 

[JerryinSoCal]

The people who celebrated his murder were acting like idiots, it was stupid and attention seeking and I don't think many of them even put much thought into and there is no defending it. That being said the people on the other side who are continuing to use his murder for attention, clicks and in some way trying to elevate themselves over others is just as sick. It's one thing if you actually knew the guy but the vast majority of people online who are acting as if they lost a loved one never even met the guy, that is also sick behavior. If you didn't know him, if you never met him then you really don't have any reason to be talking about the guy as if you lost someone close to you 3 months after his murder unless you too are trying to seek attention and benefit from his murder somehow. There is something really wrong in society these days and I hope we get over this kind of crap from both camps because we all have to live in this world and too many people on opposing sides are doing nothing but trying to wreck our society just so they can benefit from the fallout.

 

[Trilobit]

Women:



She can blame harassment, either way her ass went.

 

[IFireflyl]

I'm not here to defend anyone, but Harrison's only 'weapon' were her words too.

And people here are elated that Harrison and others are being fired because they don't like the words they said.

I'm not equating being murdered to being fired, but if someone just said some words you don't like, maybe we shouldn't try to have them murdered or fired.

We can just disagree with their words and move the fuck on.

People being elated because someone is getting non-lethal consequences for their non-lethal actions is completely different from people being elated by, and celebrating, the murder of innocents.

 

[ReasonBeing]

What you "did" is not even in the same realm as what this woman from SP did. You were fired for no other reason than being a man. Don't fool yourself thinking about free speech and whatnot.

Edited: Employers don't fire valuable people for saying a curse word in casual conversation or because they are "a man". They aren't sharing the whole story.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Freedom of speech shouldn't be equated with the right to say whatever you want at work. No one is fighting for the expulsion of professionalism and decorum.

I'm not here to defend anyone, but Harrison's only 'weapon' were her words too.

And yet only one was murdered over theirs, and the other lives to be a cunt another day.

Your correlation lacks nuance.

People being elated because someone is getting non-lethal consequences for their non-lethal actions is completely different from people being elated by, and celebrating, the murder of innocents.

Bingo x 2

Edited: Employers don't fire valuable people for saying a curse word in casual conversation or because they are "a man". They aren't sharing the whole story.

You ever work with "Karens?" It can be like walking on eggshells and all it take is their "strong independent women" feelings to be hurt "offended" and pity party tears for someone to be sacked in a corporate world that is held hostage by the culture war.

I know many women who refuse to work on teams of all women due to their backstabbing, gossipy and catty nature.

 

[ReasonBeing]

And yet only one was murdered over theirs, and the other lives to be a cunt another day.

Your correlation lacks nuance.


Bingo x 2


You ever work with "Karens?" It can be like walking on eggshells and all it take is their "strong independent women" feelings to be hurt "offended" and pity party tears for someone to be sacked in a corporate world that is held hostage by the culture war.

I know many women who refuse to work on teams of all women due to their backstabbing, gossipy and catty nature.

I've worked in a department where I was the only male out of 7 employees, but that is besides the point. If you are unlikable, you better not give them a reason to let you go. If you do, that's on you.

Look, is it possible that the poster was really fired solely for being overheard saying the word fuck, sure it's possible. Now is it plausible, I don't think so. I suspect there is more to this story.

 

[DeepEnigma]

I've worked in a department where I was the only male out of 7 employees, but that is besides the point. If you are unlikable, you better not give them a reason to let you go. If you do, that's on you.

Look, is it possible that the poster was really fired solely for being overheard saying the word fuck, sure it's possible. Now is it plausible, I don't think so. I suspect there is more to this story.

Ok.

That's the crux, innit. It only takes one.

 

[ReasonBeing]

Ok.

That's the crux, innit. It only takes one.

It only takes one if that one is the boss or has the bosses ear. This is true for any working environment whether they are dominated by men or women.