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Subnautica Dev Fired Over Controversial Twitter Comments

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

MrPlow writes:

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 NotSanguine on Friday February 16 2018, @11:41PM (1 child)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Friday February 16 2018, @11:41PM (#639124) Homepage Journal

    Wrong.

    CHAPTER 5. Political Affiliations [1101 - 1106] ( Chapter 5 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 90. )

    1101.
    No employer shall make, adopt, or enforce any rule, regulation, or policy:

    (a) Forbidding or preventing employees from engaging or participating in politics or from becoming candidates for public office.

    (b) Controlling or directing, or tending to control or direct the political activities or affiliations of employees.

    Hmmm...Let's see.

    1101.a -- The employee wasn't forbidden or prevented from engaging or participating in politics or from becoming a candidate for public office. -- He was fired for being an asshole and shown the door. [xkcd.com] No violation on that count.

    1101.b -- The employee's political activities or affiliations were neither controlled nor directed. -- He was fired for being an asshole and shown the door. [xkcd.com] No violation on that count either.

    TFS could easily be changed to:
    Obnoxious asshole fired for being an obnoxious asshole. No film ever.

    and still be just as accurate.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:42AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday February 17 2018, @01:42AM (#639157)

    When you can’t attack the argument, you attack the man instead.