Posted on 02/13/2015 6:48:11 AM PST by C19fan
As she made the long journey from New York to South Africa, to visit family during the holidays in 2013, Justine Sacco, 30 years old and the senior director of corporate communications at IAC, began tweeting acerbic little jokes about the indignities of travel. There was one about a fellow passenger on the flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport:
Weird German Dude: Youre in First Class. Its 2014. Get some deodorant. Inner monologue as I inhale BO. Thank God for pharmaceuticals.
Then, during her layover at Heathrow:
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
She may have had a drink or two. It’s not unusual for someone on a plane.
Someone I knew (hes passed away now) DID get warned by his work management that he HAD to curtail his activism here at FR.
Mr. Confetti Man?
5.56mm
Got a news flash for you. You are on social media right now. Everything you post here is searchable and if your family or employer was so inclined, they could pull it all up using Google Advanced search once they link your screen name to your real name.
I'm guessing that eventually, we will have tools that will unearth our real identities even if we use a screen name. May already be out there now.
But, was that about posting during work hours, or his after hour content?
I’m not normally the politically correct type but that was an awful thing to say.
It’s pretty easy to figure out but not worth the effort. The PTB farm FR for content but probably don’t participate. There are enough people saying really stupid stuff here to keep us marginalized....which is probably good. In the political world, you don’t want to be the nail sticking up.
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