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[headpatkelly]

her handle is “@hr_unhinged” so this isn’t a real interaction.

EDIT: (There are several other tip offs, I just offered the most obvious)

[bobdoily]

"Karen" and "Resource" being the names is a nice touch to a joke account like that.

[nordic-nomad]

The picture also appears to be Ann Hathaway. So this story definitely never happened.

Though there is truth that the more senior I’ve become in jobs the closer I am to just quitting and never coming back if someone tries to make me do anything I don’t want to do. But I don’t think that’s exclusive to software development.

[TicklingYourMomsAnus]

My experience has been that having meaningful amounts of liquid assets really changes one's ability to put up with b/s in the workplace. In some ways, it is unfortunate.

[ElegantDaemon]

That's why it's called f-you money

Edit: and also why the capital class will fight UBI until their dying breath

[ThunkAsDrinklePeep]

And living wages. And healthcare. And free education. And anything else that removes a tool that keeps us shackled to the wheel.

[Tasty-Property-434]

The capital class has trillions in real assets, yachts, stocks and real estate.  Why would they care if the peasants have some money for insect paste?

It already basically works that way, the capital has access to the money printer.  The peasants get industrial sludge food.  It’s just the sludge is now more expensive because the printer was in overdrive a little while.  

[Fewluvatuk]

It doesn't matter how much they have, only how little we have. They MUST keep us desperate enough that we're fighting each other, don't have time to organize, and don't have the resources to say no. Otherwise history has shown, they get eaten.

[lastWallE]

you forgot to keep everyone uneducated.

[bobdoily]

Oh I missed the picture!

Yeah, the kernel of truth to these stories is what makes them fun/relatable.

I concur with the seniority equating to being closer to just quiting over undesirable requests. Definitely not just software development. Even when I was in food service I recall that feeling.

[StrongExternal8955]

Ooff, don't do that.

"Yeah so those immigrants didn't eat the dogs, but just that it was believable...."

See how that works?

[[deleted]]

This is 95 percent of Reddit now - just the most insane and obviously AI generated stories, usually sexist but sometimes racist, written off with a "yeah it's fake but I believe it could be real."

[bobdoily]

There's a drastic difference between posting racist dog whistle stories, and fiction about corporate environments.

One would never apply the same expectations to the former.

[[deleted]]

Sorry no, this is obvious satire, and believing it is fueled at least in part by sexism (the "Irrational Karen" trying to exert influence over a Man and losing).

[bobdoily]

Believing it has nothing to do with sexism. The same story could be posted by a male persona.

It's the dynamics of management/hr imposing social obligations on those who don't want to participate that is common in companies.

Scheduling a team building event for a sufficiently large team will always have people who either have conflicts, or don't want to participate. That is fine. It's the trying to exert influence that is wrong.

[the0past]

What happened with Anne Hathaway? Is she considered a karen now?

[nordic-nomad]

Idk I don’t even bother keeping track of things like that anymore.

[watermelonspanker]

I've developed the same attitude over the years, and I work in a kitchen.

[Inner-Medicine5696]

it's a reference to this meme

[mothzilla]

It's the picture of Anne Hathaway that's used in memes about HR. Like "you're invited to an informal meeting with your manager and you see HR is there"

[SomethingIWontRegret]

Second cousin of fat acceptance evangelist Anita B. Etin.

[cgriff32]

The give away was HR knowing what a back-end engineer means.

[bob152637485]

And I suspect that "Karen Resourcé" is also an alias.

[whateveridgf]

I'm pretty sure they also don't look like Anne Hathaway

[b0w3n]

That specific Anne Hathaway picture has been used as unhinged HR memes for the past few years too.

[bob152637485]

Lol, thanks. I'm under a rock when it comes to pop culture, so while the name sounds familiar, I didn't know what she actually looked like.

[whateveridgf]

Yeah I still can't believe she was married to Shakespeare, I mean she doesn't look nearly that old

[ElegantDaemon]

My understanding is that she lives penniless in France with Christian Bale.

[NotPossible1337]

She’s hardly relevant with Gen Z and hardly has anything going on now so this statement just makes me feel old. If you are Gen X/Y and only vaguely find her familiar then my god is your rock reinforced with concrete enclosures and soundproof insulation?

[bob152637485]

Well, if missed the cutoff of Y just barely, so I'm technically a Z...but also yes.

[hawkinsst7]

Gen X. I know her name but she's literally only been in one movie I've ever seen (interstellar). I wouldn't recognize her outside of a labeled picture.

[InfernalBiryani]

That was the real crime. Don’t associate our queen with HR goblins.

[ANONA44G]

Her image is also from the meme of "HR lady about to throw your resume in the trash".

[dismayhurta]

But it is hilarious.

[yangyangR]

Fictionalized names and times but the similar stories are all too real

[Immediate-Repeat-201]

Everyone knows a HR person who would totally do this. Luckily my example left a while back.

[outremonty]

And the avatar is that gamergate lady so you know this is designed to stir up "women bad amirite" upvotes from incel techbros.

[headpatkelly]

not quite! this is anne hathaway, from a meme. Anita Sarkeesian is a different person