@@Gigi@kolektiva.social2025-01-15 06:20:40
Related:
I wish I could remember one of the terms for a white guy they hire in Asia (it actually happens enough to merit a term) to pretend to be the boss just because he looks the part.
I'm going to have to look one up so I can throw it out there every time someone uses the term "diversity hire".
@mpsgoettingen@astrodon.social2025-01-14 15:42:27
#OTD 14 January 2005, ESA’s #Huygens probe made history as it touched down on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon
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@@Gigi@kolektiva.social2025-01-15 06:09:10
Here's why having accounts on different apps is a good thing:
Instead of responding directly to the person who annoyed me, or even sub posting on the same platform, Ima make snarky comments over here where, likely, they will never see it.
Like:
I'm going to start calling straight white guys in positions that *I* don't think they're qualified for "legacy hires".
#LegacyHires
@@Gigi@kolektiva.social2025-01-15 06:24:23
"White guy window dressing" is a little better. I just wish it was one word.
I bet, if they weren't white, the Germans would have a word for this.
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1w0fs0/til_chinese_companies_rent_white_people_to_look/?rdt=52577
@@Gigi@kolektiva.social2025-01-16 05:16:16
How it started. How it's going.
#FuckNazis
