I remember when cancel culture was just people saying you're wrong at a bar

Back in the early 2000s my coworker Dave told me the internet would make everyone lose their jobs over old opinions. I laughed it off. Now I see a clip from 2012 get someone fired and I think about that guy. He was right. Still feels weird that one tweet from 15 years ago can end a career. Anyone else have someone warn them about this stuff back when it didn't seem real?

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felixlee13d ago

Wrote off the whole idea until I watched an old joke end someone's livelihood.

blairtaylor13d ago

Read this piece online about how comedians are basically relying on old clips to keep them relevant now. It's like they never caught up to the fact that a bad joke from 10 years ago can resurface and wreck everything. Social media just doesn't forget stuff, and people get real good at digging through archives. Kind of makes you wonder what'll be left of my silly Facebook posts from college.