The creepiest part is when he says “Our Xbox Safety team is nicknamed the ‘Defenders of Joy’ because we will defend you in every humanly and technologically possible way, so gaming remains fun.” Great, so now we've got the speech police rebranded as the "Defenders of Joy."

Christ, I feel more like I'm living in some dystopian scifi novel more and more every day. Some of these press releases read like fucking Onion articles that we once would have all laughed at.

Better not say anything that could possibly offend anyone, anywhere--or you can kiss all those achievements goodbye.

But "what is offensive" you ask? Well, since that's entirely up to the interpretation of any hyper-sensitive person reading or hearing it, pretty much anything. And it's retroactive too. So if you say something now that is deemed offensive a few years from now, too bad. Flashed an "okay" sign in you gamerpic from 10 years ago? Clearly a white supremacist. No trial, no jury.

Don't be silly. He simply misspoke when he said "Everyone needs to do more." What he meant to say was "Everyone, but not me, needs to do more."

I tell you what Tim, let's compare your electricity and fuel bills to mine and see who *really* cares about the environment.

I just wonder what Tim Cook's carbon footprint is, compared to the students he's lecturing? Pretty sure he ain't living in a studio apartment and driving a Corolla.

There's another failing of your generation, Tim: hypocrisy.

"Great, *we* get the billionaire who just wants to lecture us."

Well, does writing an article about how C# perpetuates the cis white male patriarchy count as "coding"?

I'm pretty sure these companies will still be laying off scores of their workers. And, based on my brief experience anyway, the percentage of floor workers in a given manufacturing plant who have the aptitude to become coders is probably pretty minuscule.

Was this article written by a manufacturing lobbyist or something?

Yeah, the House can impeach, but IIRC, only the Senate can actually remove an official from office. And good luck getting that with Republicans firmly controlling the Senate.

Put it in the pamphlet, pal.

This. Too many Google employees seem to think Google is their daddy, not their employer. Get off your ass, stand up, and unionize. Then just watch how fast all those leftist ideals that Google management pays lip service to go right out the window. Google is fine with token lefty shit like "diversity initiatives," firing James Damore, and other token PR bullshit. But try to form a REAL union, and you'll soon see their TRUE face, and it's the face of pure greedy capitalism. Their lips say "We're good liberals." But threaten their bottom line and they'll hit back in a way that makes Donald Trump look like Che Guevara.

If you want a REAL voice, you're going to need to form a REAL union, which is going to take REAL work and sacrifice. And if you think your kind daddy Google is just going to let you do that without a fight because you asked politely and they donated to Hillary Clinton, better think again snowflakes.

You know, for a country that's so (batshit-crazy, hyper-religious, intolerant, bigoted, racist/sexist/homophobic, blah, blah) there sure do seem to be a metric fuckton of people from all the other more enlightened countries trying like hell to come here. Don't all those people risking their lives to sneak across our borders realize how awful this country is? Maybe you should give them pamphlets or something to let them know.

And lemme guess, you are a white heterosexual male, never been mugged or gangraped in the ghetto.

And let me guess, you're a suburbanite or urbanite who never grew up in the crushing poverty of Appalachia, where all that touted "white privilege" doesn't get you shit?

It's more a Shelbyville idea.

Why is this news and why wouldn't google have such a rule since inception?

Because, apparently, some deluded Google employees think Google is their daddy, not their employer.