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posted by Fnord666 on Friday February 16 2018, @07:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the get-fired-in-140-chars-or-less dept.

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard

A Subnautica developer has reportedly been fired over controversial comments he previously posted to Twitter, with the game's sound designer Simon Chylinski tweeting that he has been ousted from his position at Unknown Worlds Entertainment.

Chylinski has come under fire recently after a number of recent comments he posted to Twitter were placed under the spotlight. The sound designer took to Twitter yesterday to post an update on his status with Unknown Worlds Entertainment, tweeting: "so. i just got fired.. :("

Isn't it illegal to fire someone for their political views in California? Unknown Worlds Entertainment may be in for one hell of an uncapped damages lawsuit.

Source: http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/366749-subnautica-dev-fired-controversial-twitter-comments


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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday February 16 2018, @10:35PM (3 children)

    by MostCynical (2589) on Friday February 16 2018, @10:35PM (#639087) Journal

    Expectoration. (Spitting) *is* illegal in some US states and Singapore.
    http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-25291274 [bbc.com]
    https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/02/23/roadshow-spitting-from-a-car-is-not-a-good-idea/ [mercurynews.com]

    How about:
    Littering.
    Using the fire escape for your garbage, rather than putting it in the bin.
    Leaving shopping trolleys outside your building (both a failure of public transport and of shops allowing trolleys out of the carpark)

    Some of these *are* illegal, some are just culturally unacceptable.
    What are western norms, anyway? Hypocrisy? Domestic Violence? Sleeping with your secretary? Going to (the correct) church?
    Which bits do you want immigrants to adopt?

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  • (Score: 0, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @03:09AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @03:09AM (#639181)

    In the US, guns are like xml. if youre not getting the results you want, you just need more guns.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @05:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @05:50AM (#639232)

    greed, avarice, narcissism. you know, the backbone of american "culture". anything more or less is anathema and not the american way. the business of america is business. make america greedy again.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:32PM (#639327)

    What are western norms, anyway? Hypocrisy? Domestic Violence? Sleeping with your secretary? Going to (the correct) church?

    None of those are intrinsically western, you will find similar flaws in any culture, historic or current.