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Brad Dickson

Managing Editor of Cheezburger
Editor, Writer, and Content Producer from the Pacific Northwest and New Zealand. 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. After studying internet culture and memes while distracted from university lectures, I joined Cheezburger, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally settling on Fail Blog. At that point, Fail Blog was all about classic “fails,” but has since become more about how the internet intersects with our everyday lives at home andout and about in the world, especially in the workplace. I enjoy keeping up with the current landscape of employment discussions online, as it applies both in the United States and globally. I enjoy writing about how the landscape of the internet and pop culture are influenced by current employment, economic, and workplace issues.
I have grown particularly fond of exploring the impacts technology is having on our lives, creativity, and productivity, and I actively pursue search trends to stay up to date with the latest changes. I have an interest in and approximate knowledge of many things, but have a particular love 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. I also love music and have an obsessive appreciation for both progressive rock and the melodic and progressive genres of house and techno. When I’m not writing or outside, I spend most of my free time pursuing musical interests. My favorite author is, and remains, J.R.R. Tolkien—unoriginally and unapologetically.
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30-year-old leaves holiday dinner after being relentlessly hounded by his uncle about being unemployed with relentless jokes at his expense: 'Now my mum is saying I embarrassed her and I should’ve just ignored him'

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17-year-old refuses to contribute $250 of his own savings to his younger brother's present despite parents' guilt trips and ultimatums: 'I used to love [my family] but we're basically strangers who live under the same roof'

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CEO is tricked into adopting AI-generated song as the new "company anthem" causing frustration among other workers: 'This needs to get to the marketing team so they can send it to the investors and use it to attract clients'

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Employee fired just 5 days before Christmas after 8 years of service by their nepotistic boss, who inherited the company, watches the company go bankrupt: 'He's destroyed the company, starting with my firing'

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Workplace encourages workers to be available 24/7, creating an unsustainable workplace culture: 'If you miss a message, they act like you personally sabotaged the company, I’m paid for 40 hours, not 168'

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Worker describes their frustration at their coworkers who refuse to take time off even during their vacations, creating a culture where everyone is expected to be constantly connected: '[They have] zero boundaries with work life balance'

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Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

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Job candidate blindsided when their new employer terminates them on their first day on the basis of their first day being a "trial period": 'I had accepted a full-time job at $22/hour'

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Automotive product planning employee gets promoted and boss fired by booking wheels and tires as checked luggage when boss tries to blame him for a misdelivered shipment of wheels for a photoshoot: 'He had no one else to blame'

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Service worker laid off in July gets a message from their boss asking them to return to their old job: 'Thanksgiving week was a disaster because they didn't have enough people on to handle the crowds'