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by jordan0day 4899 days ago
"What backfiring? Getting fired?... I don't see any backfiring."

Yes, being fired was the "backfiring" here, as in a-direct-consequence-of-actions.

Sure, you can lose your job for no fault of your own, too, but you seem to be conflating the inherent unpredictability of life to the level of cause-and-effect.