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Post by **ImLawBoy** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 5:35 pm

Max Peck wrote:
ImLawBoy wrote:
Max Peck wrote:
ImLawBoy wrote:
Max Peck wrote:Do you honestly believe that they fired their social media director for posting calendar updates and not for bruising little Nathan's feelz?
Nice Rip move - change the goalposts. It's no longer that she got fired for doing her job, it's now that she got fired for the pussification of America.

That said, the information we have is that she was told to stop tweeting after her initial tweet from a school official publicly shaming a student. She defied that order and continued tweeting. Sometimes 2+2=4.

Would she have been fired if not for the initial tweet publicly shaming a student? Probably not, I'd guess, but we don't know for sure what would have happened if she hadn't first publicly shamed a student before defying orders from her management.
Who pissed in your cornflakes? Was it Russian hookers? Is there video? I mean, America may indeed be pussified (it would explain why Trump was able to grab it so adroitly), but my snark had nothing to do with anything other than my belief as to the reason she was fired.

My honest opinion is the reason she got fired was that she tweeted a "joke" that made fun of a student. The excuse for actually firing her was that after being told not to use Twitter, she went ahead and tweeted legitimate work-related information (which I presume is what a "social media director" is paid to do). YMMV. If you want to get into a pissing match over it, feel free to fill yer boots (or cereal bowl).
Sorry, but if you're going to bring the snark ("bruising little Nathan's feelz"), you need to learn to take some of it back.
So, are you saying that I crossed the line by being insensitive to little Nathan's feelz, or that I can't tell when someone is simply being snarky back at me (which is totally true, btw).

A little from column A, a little from column B.

I think it's wholly inappropriate for a representative of a school to publicly shame a student. Sure, it was funny, but it was absolutely wrong for her to do it, and wholly appropriate for her to be punished for it. When you dismissed the student's potential feelings about the issue, that was a step too far.

Of course, I probably would have more rationally explained that had you not belittled his potential feelings with the "little Nathan's feelz" line. That's what turned my remark snarky.

(I was also responding to the part where you said she lost her job for doing her job, I pointed out that she wasn't actually doing her job (since she was told not to do that), and then you shifted your argument.)

Kraken · Post by **Kraken** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:51 am

I would totally drink 3 or 4 of those.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 1:53 pm

T-shirt arrived this morning for my cruise in two weeks. If nothing else, it should be good for a few free drinks.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:10 pm

...or a few obnoxious confrontations on the lido deck, Captain Stubing.

Skinypupy · Post by **Skinypupy** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:14 pm

hepcat wrote:...or a few obnoxious confrontations on the lido deck, Captain Stubing.

Nah, the cruise is all metalheads. We're actually a pretty mellow bunch, overall.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:18 pm

But I can still call you Captain Stubing, right?

Unagi · Post by **Unagi** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 2:24 pm

Skinypupy wrote:
hepcat wrote:...or a few obnoxious confrontations on the lido deck, Captain Stubing.
Nah, the cruise is all metalheads. We're actually a pretty mellow bunch, overall.

The Love You To Death Boat.

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Tue Jan 17, 2017 3:01 pm

noxiousdog wrote:She was not fired for the tweet. She was fired because, "Nash said Friday she was told not to tweet anymore after the initial attention, but she still had access to the FCPS Twitter feed. She continued to tweet calendar updates and things that had already been posted through Find Out First, a county schools news alert system."

The Washington Post account (it must be a slow news week if they're covering this story) doesn't seem to corroborate that interpretation. They make it sound like the school board didn't like Nash's casual style and terminated her while she was on probation.

On Jan. 5, as a storm approached, a student tweeted a message asking the district to “close school tammarow PLEASE.” Thinking she would combine pedagogy with a little levity, Nash tweeted from the district’s account, “but then how would you learn how to spell ‘tomorrow’?” and followed it with a smiley-face emoticon.

District officials did not smile back.

They asked her to delete the tweet and subsequent banter with students about possible school closures, and the student in question received an apology from the district’s communications director. On Jan. 13, Nash was fired.

It all set off an uproar on Twitter. Her original tweet had garnered more than 1,100 retweets and 1,400 likes. She became the subject of a hashtag, #KatiefromFCPS, and another one, #FreeKatie, after a report erroneously stated that she had lost access to the district’s Twitter feed before being fired, the Frederick News Post reported .

The spelling-challenged original poster weighed in, tweeting that he did not take it personally.

That did not matter. Nash’s tone and approach to social media were more laid back than her employer liked. The district’s communications director, Michael Doerrer, told the News Post that its Twitter feed is expected to convey “an FCPS voice,” and Superintendent Terry Alban told the paper that Board of Education members had expressed concerns.

Liz Barrett, the board’s vice president, said the tweet “was inappropriate and certainly created a lot of unpleasant responses in terms of other students piling on,” according to the paper.

Doerrer said that although he could not comment on personnel matters, “we do have guidelines related to social media, and our number one goal is to lift up and to encourage students.”

[...]

Nash, who reportedly started at her position in November, had been on a probation period. Three days before the controversy, she had tweeted, “Love my job,” from her personal account after talking to sixth-graders about books that changed them.

Her offending tweet came as the district aimed to be more relaxed and conversational with students on social media, she told WHAG -TV.

“We had received feedback from some students in a focus group that our tweeting was a bit flat; they were looking for some more engagement,” she said. “I really took that to heart because I know that I am a little bit older and maybe not as hip as some of the students are.”

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:31 pm

The original picture of Trump climbing up to the green at Pebble Beach.

And some of the photoshoppers at work:

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 4:17 pm

It's hyperbole but it's hyperbole that made me laugh

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:19 am

So how many brain aneurysms are gonna happen this Friday?

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:13 am

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 10:33 am

em2nought wrote:So how many brain aneurysms are gonna happen this Friday?

Depends on how many Trump supporters realize on that day just how gullible they've been. Later it will probably become an epidemic.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 4:55 pm

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Thu Jan 19, 2017 5:00 pm

Once Flynn has time to update the no-fly lists, the only plane that Whedon will be able to board will be the one taking him to Gitmo.

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:21 pm

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:25 pm

gilraen · Post by **gilraen** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:27 pm

We can only hope.

Paingod · Post by **Paingod** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:30 pm

It's a good thing he has hacking defense.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 12:37 pm

"Quick! Barron! Delete my cybers before that Musketeer gets them!"

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 2:33 pm

If Anonymous had anything, and were actually opposed to Trump, they wouldn't have waited until now to make a move. At best, they want the entire world to regret the next 4 years.

Most likely, they've got nothing but empty talk. (I may or may not be saying that in order to bait karma into proving me wrong...)

em2nought · Post by **em2nought** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 3:56 pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqmlffA9U9s

Moliere · Post by **Moliere** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 6:16 pm

Jaymann · Post by **Jaymann** » Fri Jan 20, 2017 7:42 pm

Moliere wrote:

Now THAT gave me a chuckle on this dark day.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:16 pm

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sat Jan 21, 2017 6:21 pm

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:23 am

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:32 am

SNL Turns Kellyanne Conway’s CNN Interview Into a Musical About Her Newfound Celebrity

Max Peck · Post by **Max Peck** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:45 am

If you're Donald Trump, what's worse than an SNL cold open with Alec Baldwin? One without Alec Baldwin.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:53 am

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 11:56 am

Gigapixel: The Inauguration

It's scary how much you can zoom in. Who needs estimates, you could probably count the number of people using this photo.

Blackhawk · Post by **Blackhawk** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 12:52 pm

Defiant wrote:Gigapixel: The Inauguration

It's scary how much you can zoom in. Who needs estimates, you could probably count the number of people using this photo.

This fellow seems to be enjoying the speech. His buddy is just quietly waiting for the end. Click to embiggen.

Holman · Post by **Holman** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 1:39 pm

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 2:08 pm

Aziz Ansari's SNL opening monologue from last night is pretty good, too.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 4:58 pm

Smoove_B · Post by **Smoove_B** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 8:48 pm

Turn off the lights; thread is finished.

hepcat · Post by **hepcat** » Sun Jan 22, 2017 9:32 pm

Steve Buscemi is turning into William H. Macy.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:10 am

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 12:16 am

Exodor · Post by **Exodor** » Mon Jan 23, 2017 1:11 am

Defiant wrote:

Oh sure steal my Twitter joke...