Brad Dickson

Managing Editor

Editor, Writer, Content Producer, and Biologist originally from the Pacific Northwest. Managing Editor of Cheezburger, Lead Editor of Fail Blog, and Memebase. Long-time member of the site, contributing since 2016 on Geek Universe, Memebase, and Fail Blog. Interested in exploring and writing about how technology and culture shape our social interactions both at home and in the workplace. I joined Cheezburger in 2016, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally settling on Fail Blog. At that point, Fail Blog was all about classic “FAILs” and schadenfreude but has since become more about how the internet and its trends intersect with our lives and social experiences at home, out and about in the world, and in the workplace. In a sense: how society is failing us. I enjoy keeping up with our rapidly changing culture and technology. Writing, then, about how technology, the internet, and pop culture converge and how they influence (and are influenced by) current employment, economic, and workplace issues. Owing to my background in the sciences, I have grown particularly fond of exploring the impacts of science and technology on our lives, creativity, and productivity. I have a particular love for music and dedicate most of my spare time to making it. Also, for nature and the outdoors, which is great for getting outside and touching grass after spending most of the week online plugged into the internet.

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Pennsylvania man inherits $75k from his grandmother in an account that was changed to his name 9 months prior, marking him for the ire of his aunt whose name was originally on the account: 'She says she is going to sue me for "stealing from the estate"'

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25-year-old Bride's unusual wedding demand for her 20-year-old sister and maid of honor, questioning whether or not to be a part of it or even attend: 'My sister wants him and I to walk down the aisle together and have our own dance at the wedding'

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Boss demands IT tech take their lunch at only 12-1 PM when they skip it to handle a critical error, predictably, they clock out when the next emergency occurs at that time: 'He insisted I must take my 30-minute lunch from 12-1 as per company policy'

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IT Helpdesk manager emails demanding staff arrive 15 minutes early to login and be ready to take calls "1 second before" their shift, staff comply and hang up on customers the second their shift ends: 'Sorry to interrupt you, my shift is over. Goodbye'

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Why New Job Listings Often Look the Same as the “Eliminated” Ones: Employee Laid off During a Restructure, Is Surprised To Discover Their Job Advertised With a Different Title, Former Coworker Says Management Claims the Roles Are “Strategically Different”

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The AI Hiring Evaluation Said This Developer Lacked Experience, There Was One Huge Problem: He Wrote The Program

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When a Grandfather Left His Grandson the Vast Majority of His Estate, His Sister Called It Manipulation, The Will Says Otherwise—Should Caregiving For Older Relatives Influence Inheritance Decisions?

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Chef thinks he is teaching the kitchen "Runner" a lesson over a kitchen intrusion, but he's the one who learns one thanks to the Runner's malicious compliance: 'Don't want me to do the work? Ok, then do it yourself'

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Manager demands that "employee log every moment" of their time, employee complies, spends so much time filling in their timesheet that their billable hours tank: 'After 3 weeks my overhead total was sitting at 18.75 hours for a 40-hour week'

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Employees Sat Through Months of RTO Lectures Before Discovering What Their Boss Had Been Hiding, Highlighting His Hypocrisy and Lack of Accountability