●● IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Thursday, September 24, 2026 ●● ● Sep 24 [00:23] *parsifal (~parsifal@tt5tpgza9wvuc.irc) has joined #techbytes [00:55] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) ● Sep 24 [02:18] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes [02:27] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 24 [03:14] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0vl.t8a.dd37p8.IP) has joined #techbytes [03:18] *FANTOM has quit (Ping timeout: 120 seconds) [03:21] *FANTOM (~fantom@freenode-0vl.t8a.dd37p8.IP) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 24 [04:24] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has left #techbytes ● Sep 24 [05:12] *psydruid (~psydruid@jevhxkzmtrbww.irc) has joined #techbytes [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] "s/People the 'Booty' This Week/People 'the Boot' This Week/ [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] but Booty is a name [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] ? [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] Ah. I missed it. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] The name was not in the text, without context the name made no sense in the. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] title. [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] (NEW): Today in Techrights https://tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Today_in_Techrights.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/24/Today_in_Techrights.gmi [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] Techrights https://techrights.org/ | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/ [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_September_23_2026.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_September_23_2026.gmi [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] booty it also slang [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] like kids' boot [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] In US English it means either ass or sex [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] So the title translates as M$ offers sex to fired employees [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] Techrights Over at Tux Machines... https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml | Gemini address: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/n/2026/09/24/Over_at_Tux_Machines.gmi [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] black dialect [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booty%20call [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] nope, it's mainstream for many decades [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] more wordplay :) [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/booty [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] it could have been worse [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/02/27/giving-a-swirley-right-there-in-the-c [05:55] schestowitz[TR2] omics/6cfd1073-ab52-4d71-814d-09c32b3776c3/" [05:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines Today in Techrights [05:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights [05:55] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, September 23, 2026 [05:56] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-techrights.org | Techrights Over at Tux Machines... 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[16:47] *croissant` has quit (Ping timeout: 2m30s) [16:47] *croissant (~croissant@ivwkextkdrzau.irc) has joined #techbytes ● Sep 24 [17:32] *x-amarsh04 (~amarsh04@n2v3kjijhysci.irc) has joined #techbytes [17:36] schestowitz[TR2] https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m362gzvs#replies [17:36] -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m362gzvs#replies ) [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] " [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] IBM is doing it to me right now and it's not the bee's knees. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 1 hour ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 4 reactions (+4/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @gw+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 0 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] There are quite a few cute women in the Atlanta office... but even that that is not good enough incentive to show up there, just easier to rub one out at home! Lol! [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Bye bye office and fu-k you AK! [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 6 hours ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 18 reactions (+9/-9) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @fy+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] -8 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] @e7 You know, it. The bee's knees. The cat's meow. Everyone's true raison d'etre and the bane of many a good man. We used to do it on her desk. But now with no one coming in we've done it on just about every desk in the office. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 12 hours ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 24 reactions (+8/-16) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @ep+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +1 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] @d5 you do what ? [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 15 hours ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+3/-2) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @e7+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +6 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Bob will badge you in daily for 10k red and blue points. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 18 hours ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 6 reactions (+6/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @dk+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +7 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] I go to the office regularly because I'm having an affair with my boss. We're pretty open about it because nobody else is there when we do it. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 21 hours ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 25 reactions (+16/-9) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @d5+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +11 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] @bt correct. This is a very strategic and calculated move on their part. All of it is. Then want people to leave. They need to reduce head count. If they can get people to leave on their own accord they can avoid bad publicity of an RA action making headlines. Your managers and leadership are very aware that this is the case. They may say one thing to your face but they know the reality behind the scenes [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 11 reactions (+11/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @c2+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +5 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] @bk the best option is a layoff. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 5 reactions (+5/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bw+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +10 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] The overall purpose is to make working at IBM so unpalatable that many of us voluntarily quit and forfeit severance. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 10 reactions (+10/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bt+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +16 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] I am no longer going to the office, they can lay me off if they want. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] I have reached the point where I don't fu--ing care what happens, and I do as little as possible. [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] 1 day ago by Anonymous [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] | 16 reactions (+16/-0) | Reply [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] Post ID: @bk+1m362gzvs [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] +9 [17:39] schestowitz[TR2] my manager asked me who is in the office. I answered that I have not seen him. Wrong answer . But if he could check the badges he would to find something wrong. 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