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>they have sub dedicated to portraying her as Hitler, for fucks sake

Hadn't seen that one. /r/PaoYongYang is good for a few chuckles though.

>But what does someone have to do in order to be fired in that manor?

Casting aspersions as to the character of /u/chooter AKA Queen Victoria is risky, and also not in particularly good taste.

>Are we to assume that Reddit didn't understand the woman's daily duties and what affect her immediate/un-planned absence from the company would be?

I've seen corporate types make what appear to be uninformed decisions which turned out to be unwise.