Twitter Throws A “Frat House” Party And I’m Deeply Offended
Yesterday, the tech nerds over at Twitter threw an internal “frat house” themed happy hour and they’re starting to catch some heat for it. Rightfully so. Personally, I’m livid at such narrow-mindedness. I don’t want justice. I NEED it. Fire up the outrage machine. These overprivileged Silicon Valley pricks stereotyping fraternity culture is appalling. Heads have to roll. Shut it down. Shut the whole damn company down.
Silicon Valley US: @Twitter is having a #Frat party for employees. #Lovewhereyouwork #diversitymatters #brogrammers. pic.twitter.com/WkX4aHHl6g
— Global Tech Women (@GlobalTechWomen) July 22, 2015
I refuse to believe these animals can be so tone-deaf. It’s 2015 after all! They were being offensive for the sake of being offensive. Beer pong? Red Solo cups? PBR? These are all images and common clichés that are harmful to the growth of my people as a whole and pigeonhole us in a negative light.
A spokesperson for Twitter, Jim Prosser, issued this apology after.
From Fusion:
“This social event organized by one team was in poor taste at best, and not reflective of the culture we are building here at Twitter,” Prosser said. “We’ve had discussions internally with the organizing team, and they recognize that this theme was ill-chosen.”
Apology not accepted, Jim. Someone has to pay for this bigotry — that, or something completely unrelated has to happen in the next few days. If I have anything else to direct all my anger towards, I’ll move on and forget about this altogether. But hey, that’s just the life of a social justice warrior..
[via Fusion]
Image via Twitter
Only a GDI would bring PBR to a “frat” party thinking it fits the theme.
10 years ago at 11:29 amI drink PBR. pretty cheap and better than natty
10 years ago at 6:28 amDon’t be such a beer snob bro. “Look at me in my ivory tower drinking PBR while the peasants drink natty.”
10 years ago at 9:34 amPBR used to be a good ‘ol classic American beer fit for any occasion, then the hipsters claimed it and destroyed it’s reputation, and then the company sold out to the ruskies. Now PBR is nothing more than a beer hipsters buy from dirty russians which is pretty NF if you ask me.
10 years ago at 10:25 amY’all put way to much thought into this. Just drink the damn beer and close your mouth, pussies.
10 years ago at 9:01 pmWashington has Rainier Beer, so…. Fuck Yeah.
10 years ago at 9:54 pmI can only imagine that a beer pong game in this setting would take upwards of an hour.
10 years ago at 11:29 amI’m deeply offended by helmet stickers
10 years ago at 11:36 amApologizing nf
10 years ago at 11:37 amThey have co-opted my cultural identity.
10 years ago at 11:42 amEveryone who works for twitter should be fired for the actions of those who threw the party.
10 years ago at 11:45 amLet’s riot! This is awful! Let’s loot buildings! This is blasphemy!
10 years ago at 11:53 amIf TKE threw a party I imagine it would look something like this. Just look at that rack, atrocious.
10 years ago at 11:53 amWhat type of flag should we blame this atrocity on?
10 years ago at 11:58 amI blame that goddamn rainbow flag for inciting such hatred.
10 years ago at 12:25 pmIm offended by rainbow flags they should be banned
10 years ago at 10:15 pmWouldn’t play pong on that poor excuse for a pong table if you paid me too. Fucking foldable pong tables.. Use a broken door for fucks sake.
10 years ago at 12:29 pm