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by Quarrelsome 1206 days ago
> Elon isn't mocking him

he posted an office space meme in response to him sarcastically.

> It's interesting how Halli doesn't actually defend that he did any work, because it's clear he didn't.

and that is a spurious reach.
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93po 1206 days ago
It's a meme asking what exactly he did, which is a completely valid question for someone who clearly wasn't working and then launched a public smear campaign to get paid.

> and that is a spurious reach.

Halli himself tweeted that he "did what his manager told him to" but didn't actually say that he did any material work, instead citing that he had been waiting forever from HR without any response. I cannot believe people are trying to defend that this dude was actually working when it's very clear he wasn't.

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Quarrelsome 1206 days ago
> It's a meme asking what exactly he did

The meme listed is specifically referencing a car-crash of a downsizing interview a manager of software engineer has in the film Office Space which he ends by screaming that he has "people skills". Its not a valid question, its an immature means of discrediting whatever someone else says next via an inside joke that it seems neither Haraldur or yourself know.

> when it's very clear he wasn't.

Its not at all clear if he was or wasn't. There is extremely limited information in any of these sources that give us a reliable read on this. None of us know how hard Haraldur works or what metric people are using to judge that. That Haraldur is both a director-level acqui-hire as well as very open about his disability, suggests a very broad grey area that I feel you might not be respecting.

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