ylai ( ylai@lemmy.ml ) to Gaming@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years agoGAME staff discovered zero hours contracts move via mass Microsoft Teams callswww.eurogamer.netexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up154
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minus-squarekindenough ( kindenough@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 years agoAh, modern slavery. Zero hours contracts should be banned. Anyone thinking about offering you one, should be poofed out of existence
minus-squareallywilson ( allywilson@sopuli.xyz ) linkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 years ago should be poofed out of existence This means something very specific in the UK.
minus-squareMaestro ( Maestro@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 years agoYou can’t just drop that and then not explain…
minus-squareulkesh ( ulkesh@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoPretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.
minus-squareNougat ( Nougat@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoIt’s a bad thing, to be sure, but it’s just not anything like slavery.
minus-squaremetaStatic ( metaStatic@kbin.social ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoyeah, people treated their slaves much better.
minus-squareNougat ( Nougat@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoDid I miss a /s? Because at face value, that’s utter bollocks (since we’re talking about the UK).
Ah, modern slavery. Zero hours contracts should be banned. Anyone thinking about offering you one, should be poofed out of existence
This means something very specific in the UK.
You can’t just drop that and then not explain…
Pretty sure they’re referring to “poof” which is a derogatory term for a gay man in British vernacular. In any case, the context in which it was used clearly wasn’t intended as the derogatory term, rather to mean “suddenly”.
It’s a bad thing, to be sure, but it’s just not anything like slavery.
yeah, people treated their slaves much better.
Did I miss a /s? Because at face value, that’s utter bollocks (since we’re talking about the UK).