c/cancel-culture-court

Had a guy at a diner tell me he got fired for a tweet from 2015

I was eating breakfast at a Denny's in Phoenix last Tuesday and this older guy next to me just starts telling me how he lost his warehouse job because someone found a dumb joke he posted a decade ago. Anyone else ever meet someone who got caught up in something that old?

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bennett.harper•4d ago

I hit 500 death threats in one week for saying I don't like pineapple on pizza

Somehow a throwaway joke about pizza toppings on Twitter got me 500 death threats and 3 doxxing attempts in 7 days. Has anyone else gotten piled on for something completely harmless like that?

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the_rowan•4d ago

Debate: Did the internet overreact to that musician's tweet about pineapple on pizza?

I'm still thinking about that whole thing where a pretty famous singer joked that pineapple on pizza is a crime against humanity, and people actually tried to get them canceled over it. On one hand, it was clearly a joke, right? The kind of silly hot take people throw around all the time without meaning actual harm. But on the other hand, some folks argued that even joking about food choices can feed into a culture of negativity and division, especially when a big platform is involved. I saw the thread blow up with thousands of replies, some calling for a boycott and others defending free speech over fruit toppings. It made me wonder where we draw the line between a harmless joke and something that deserves public backlash. What do you all think? Was that a fair cancel attempt or just people taking themselves way too seriously?

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kai_webb91•7d ago

I defended a coworker on Slack and got dragged for it

I work at a marketing firm in Denver and last week someone posted a screenshot of a client's old tweet from 2012 making a dumb joke. I said maybe we should focus on their current campaign instead of digging up ancient history, and three people called me a 'tone-deaf apologist' in the thread. Why can't we just admit people change in a decade without making it a whole thing?

c/cancel-culture-court

Had a guy at a diner tell me he got fired for a tweet from 2015

I hit 500 death threats in one week for saying I don't like pineapple on pizza

Debate: Did the internet overreact to that musician's tweet about pineapple on pizza?

I defended a coworker on Slack and got dragged for it

The moment I realized I was piling on without reading the full story

That retired principal who warned me about online mobs was spot on

Coffee shop owner canceled for a bad take on unionizing, felt like overkill

Saw a local baker get canceled over a gluten free mix-up and it felt so wrong

Can we talk about how Reddit loves to cancel people for jokes from 2012

Rant: Got dragged online for saying I liked the movie

That comment about my blog's tone actually helped me rewrite it

That one comment about the "Karen" video actually changed my mind on something

I keep seeing people call everything 'cancel culture' when it's just consequences

Can we talk about the freelance writer who got canceled for a tweet from 2012

Hit 10 years of not deleting a single Facebook friend over politics

Walked past a high school today and saw a kid get recorded for saying something dumb

Can we talk about how cancel culture goes after nobodies but leaves big names alone?

Warning: Paid $60 for a viral "media literacy" workshop that just blamed all cancel culture on boomers

Am I the only one noticing how cancel culture skips over wealthy influencers who apologize badly?

Had to delete my entire Instagram after a local news reporter misquoted me in a story about town graffiti

Stumbled on a stat about how many canceled people came back within 5 years

Waited 45 minutes at a coffee shop in Portland before choosing to walk out instead of engaging with a barista who was ranting about a customer's politics

Debate: Was the backlash against that Austin chef for a joke about brisket fair or way overblown?

TIL that cancel culture backlash actually saved a small business I know

Wasted $150 on a "cancel proof" online course that got the creator canceled a week later