@Zennistrad Twas a rare combat drop from a Bounding Metool!  

@Niggoslav_Krawczyk
 
Ah, a sandvich safe! Did you trade for that or was it a lucky craft?

 
This is what I use to bring my lunch to work in btw

All this says to me is that’s why you wait until yer the boss to bring it out, and that’s when you start firing people for not liking ponies. Turnabout fair play and all!

@Zennistrad
 
@Background Pony #A6EB
 
Everyone at his job had custom backgrounds. That doesn’t matter in any way shape or form.

@Background Pony #A6EB  
Don’t act like you were there. Perhaps the kid initiated the conversation, and he was just being polite. And maybe those people are normally perfectly alright with their employees setting their own computer backgrounds, which is normal enough. When I read the story a while back, it sounded like he really hadn’t done very much to offend anyone or impede his work at all. It wasn’t fair, but I’m not really in favor of saying that we need new laws to prevent this sort of thing either.

@Background Pony #20BA  
The computer is company property, not personal. He should have never had that as his desktop image to begin with.
 
More than likely this guy probably had issues before and was making his co workers uncomfortable. I imagine talking to his boss’s daughter was the straw that broke the camel’s back.

@Zennistrad  
Not really. The boss guy sounded pretty biased to me. Telling the dude what desktop background he should have and what topics are off-limits in casual chat is micromanagement and just plain unreasonable.

@Tenafly Viper
 
I think it probably has to do more with them wanting to maintain a professional atmosphere than it does with ponies.

Yeah, I heard about this before myself. It’s bullshit that this guy got fired for liking ponies.

Well this is the absolute dumbest thing I’ve ever read. Firing someone for liking a show? That’s hardcore as hell.
 
That’s like firing a person because he likes to play video games or not hiring a guy because he enjoys riding a bike to work. Seriously.
 
Some people need to learn how to be tolerant.

@redweasel  
At Will Employment varies from state to state, so before you make yourself look even more stupid, research before you speak.

He’d have a chance, even in the us, but it appears he has dug his own grave. You think a 30 year old would know better.

businesses can can you for having a particular political stance. usa law on firing is f u c k e d

@Tumblr Feminism Is A joke  
The man was talking to his boss’s kid about a children’s television show, it’s a wrap. There’s no way a rep could work with this that would look good. The man is better off looking for a workplace more tolerant of his hobbies instead of working with co workers who most likely didn’t like him.

@Background Pony #A6EB  
Maybe. I don’t know the full story, but if he has a case, he can take it up with his union

@Background Pony #E71A
 
I don’t know what fantasy world you’re living in but in the real world we have unions and many of them are entrenched in various industries in the US. I myself am part of a union but that doesn’t exempt me from being fired at will since my state has an At Will Employment law and my Company has an At Will Employment policy.
 
Yes folks, your personal life can have an affect on your career, so if you think one of your hobbies should be better off kept to yourself, do so. Also, don’t forget that this man was talking to his Boss’s daughter about a children’s tv show, cause to make any parent a little worried

No, this can’t possibly be real. People can watch whatever they please.

“Is it really so hard for (basically every brony ever) to not talk about ponies when nobody else around them clearly don’t give a shit about them?”
 
Unfortunately yes. Clearly this problem can only be solved by forbidding anyone from being fired without a six month application and review process by the department of fairness.

If I remember correctly guy was asked by his boss multiple times to stop talking about ponies during the work, but like an idiot he was he just kept going on about ponies until boss had enough and fired him.  
Is it really so hard for some people to not talk about ponies when nobody else around them clearly don’t give a shit about them?

In America workers have no rights. Remember those guys that were forced to go to a fucking Romney Rally by their asshole boss?
 
Yeah, that’s America. Your boss can practically go to your house and look through your pantry if he wants to.

@Tumblr Feminism Is A joke  
He should be able to, but this article tries to make the case that the employer is in the legal right. I’d be interested to see how it’d play out in court, though.

@Tumblr Feminism Is A joke
 
Theres no protections for workers like that in the US. “wrongful termination” is only really a thing if you are fired for race or gender or something.

Ok nm I jumped the gun given what I saw of the screencap.
 
But then can’t the fired employee launch a claim against his employer? He certainly would be able to in England.

Doesn’t this movement undermine the “hey girls can like boys things to!” and reinforce the stereotypes and gender roles that real feminists oppose? Do you think the suffragettes would be proud of you?
 
Not the “gamer girl” thing. I definitely wouldn’t want girls like this playing games I like. Any others would be cool though.