So there’s a popular meme that got shared in my workplace titled “British Museum calls police to deal with stolen artifacts” over a photo of Jared from the hit HBO show Silicon Valley saying “I sense you’re doing something ironic”
The comments are filled with mostly Indian and Chinese nationals talking shit about the British Museum in a professional manner
Then a literal London office worker says “ITT: cope” and posts a photo of a British guy laughing with one of those old school giant white wigs on captioned “laughs in British”
The few (Silicon Valley) coworkers I shared this to don’t really seem to care but I’m not overreacting by wanting to try to get the (mostly useless, controlled opposition by the company) union to help me spread this everywhere internally and mass report him to HR right?
Like I’m normal right. I can’t fucking tell anymore I’ve been living in technocratic Hell for the last year
all I’m saying is that it would be extremely funny to print out “cope” memes and stick them on his desk/car as he’s getting fired
I understand why it enrages you, but I honestly don’t think reporting this to HR is going to go well if you work with silicon valley people. It’s too dogwhistley for people who aren’t chronically online, which HR probably isnt enough. Silicon valley people also look up to the British empire.
Idk, I just don’t want you to be disappointed by how shitty tech bros are. People on Hexbear are the normal ones. The world is extremely cruel off this site, the British and the Romans won in the long term.
that would enrage me too. just file an anonymous report if you can. if nobody you’ve talked to abt it cares then its not likely to go anywhere serious if this is the only thing they’ve done. u might even be endangering ur own employment by pushing this too hard, but idk
Sounds like the Londoner is a douche-bag imperialist racist who thinks its funny that his country pillaged the world for artifacts not because they wanted them but just because they didn’t want their rightful owners to have them.
If it is in your power to make this douche-canoe’s life worse because of their racism than as an anti-racist it is your duty to do so.
Fuck Racists. Fuck Imperialists and Fuck anyone who would try to minimize their crimes.
My call is that you should probably report this to HR or whoever, and then let this go. Not because the guy doesn’t deserve to be hounded, but because you don’t deserve the stress of making yourself responsible for getting justice. You don’t have the power to fix this yourself and you’re probably going to drive yourself up the wall if you try
