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1. BobaFl+84[view] [source] 2024-01-31 16:45:10
>>etc-ho+(OP)
It's fascinating to me the extent to which executives don't consider themselves "public figures" when it comes to potential downsides, but they do in terms of upsides.

It feels so obvious to me that the CEO of such a high-profile org should at the very least quickly check public-facing social media posts against someone sensible, if not laundering them all through the experts at their org. But somehow they keep making these mistakes over and over again.

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2. tshadd+ra[view] [source] 2024-01-31 17:10:11
>>BobaFl+84
I suppose I can't disagree with the advise you're providing, although I'm a little troubled by the implication that the problem here is simply that he didn't send this vile rant to his social media team to proofread before he posted it.
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3. zozbot+Ob[view] [source] 2024-01-31 17:14:29
>>tshadd+ra
He's literally the CEO of YC, and news.yc is social-media adjacent at least. What he posted would not pass mustard here.
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4. throwa+5i[view] [source] 2024-01-31 17:38:50
>>zozbot+Ob
'Pass muster,' the figure drawn from the military practice of mustering (gathering) troops for inspection of their uniform, equipment, and personal grooming. Unsatisfactory presentation can result in being sent away to fix it, usually repeatedly and at length while being smoked by an NCO, to help you remember not to make the same mistake again. When this occurs, the one so dismissed has failed to pass muster.
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5. skeete+Qo[view] [source] 2024-01-31 18:09:37
>>throwa+5i
I think he meant "If he offered me the mustard, I'd tell him to go to hell"
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6. shiroi+HG1[view] [source] 2024-02-01 02:25:58
>>skeete+Qo
What if it's Grey Poupon?
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