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Andy's avatar

Haha the kid is clearly neurodivergent, there's empathy for honest pattern-fixated bewilderment until the “feels aggressive” line drops the ball. No one in the room was laughing at something objectively hilarious which is indicative of appropriate context.

Henry Solospiritus's avatar

Is that a true story?

David S's avatar

I think the full phrase is “take a beat and circle back”

Cincinnatus's avatar

It is better to be thought the fool than to speak up and remove all doubt.

Michael Maier's avatar

"I heard him ask HR if it was because of the circle thing."

This wowed me. A little bit late on the self awareness sector, it seems.

I had one moron boss' boss who would say "long story short", but only ever after he got done beating the dead horse into a fine goo.

But even I never had bad enough social skills to call him on it, even though "Too late!" was always what we all wanted to say.

Jeff Hammond's avatar

The fact he got shit-canned by a woman, on top of it, is especially delightful. Talking to HR....OMG what a total douche. LMAO.

Faith in God's avatar

"The astonishing thing about the Gamma is his total inability to accept his position in the hierarchy or understand that his opinion is completely irrelevant, regardless of whether it is correct or not. One of the primary factors distinguishing the Sigma and the Gamma is that the Sigma knows the hierarchy can choose to ignore his opinion, which is why the Sigma rarely explains himself, defends himself, or attempts to justify himself. He either generally either accepts the situation or exits it."

This is great context for the Hypergamous comic conflict between Dag and his Boomer boss. Thanks again for explaining this stuff, Vox.

The Kurgan's avatar

I wondered briefly if he was possibly Autistic, but the Millennial style "sensitivity" and the fact he was aware of the "circle thing" clearly indicated Gamma. I definitely found the "sensitivity" and related abuse of the English language, to be far more prevalent in millennials than GenZ in office dwellers of the corporate environment.

Adam's avatar

Shutting the fuck up is so effective that it can come to be viewed suspiciously in the social media age. Witness the “your silence is violence” meme from a few years ago. No, retard, my silence is grace. I think you’re a retard but have the good grace not to say it out loud.

Will Sand's avatar

God, isn’t Vox great. I get a quarter through and I’m thinking, “hasn’t anyone ever told this guy to shut the fuck up?”. Ask and you shall receive.

The only other interpretation is, maybe the guy’s such an inveterate shit stirrer that he genuinely didn’t care about the job and just got over-twigged by the repetition.

JT's avatar

Just “shut the fuck up” or leave is probably the best corporate culture advice ever.

Esborogardius Antoniopolus's avatar

Oh man, but this must have been funny as hell to watch.

Gamma vs Corporate GirlBoss.

I'd pay to watch this on TV.

BodrevBodrev's avatar

An extreme case. This is instant public fire with apologies to everyone present. Imagine if you don't know the organization and this is first impression.

Jbearman's avatar

In addition to being a gamma, he must be a lower IQ gamma, because even for a gamma, this is incredibly stupid behavior. Usually they are at least a bit more clever than that.

a circus boy's avatar

I have witnessed objectively smart gammas exhibit incredibly stupid social skills.

Gammas gonna gamma, regardless of IQ.

Masked Menace's avatar

"We also see, once more, the absolute imperative of learning how to shut the #@&* up."

An important lesson.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0NZAIvVejK4

So shines a good deed in a weary world...

Jehu's avatar

If someone is speaking and they say something that seems off for whatever reason, before you open your mouth, ask yourself this: Is it load bearing? If it isn't just shut up.