All-Star Twerk Ban

[ErinS]

But I love Usher :(
I think I'd twerk my 36 year old self on stage w/him (or if you've been to his latest tour, rather letting him "twerk" on me :oops:)

*with my husband's permission of course

Yeah, I went to his last tour in 2011? I think. I had good seats. Floor level. When he picked someone from the the crowd to get grinded upon on that couch I was like "pick me".

But then I realized that he was sweating and would get sweat on me and since feet and bodily secretions make me drive heave....it wouldn't have been pretty.


I probably would have needed up a viral video on YouTube

 

[BigBow]

can we just talk about beyonce?

 

[mollymags]

Wait, who does this?!! I think that's an invasion of privacy. I mean, technically a old employer is only allowed to tell a new potential employer if the employee is rehire-able, how long they worked there and what they did for risk of potential lawsuits? I understand that they do background checks and look into your social media (provided it's public), but where can they make you give them your password legally?

It actually is illegal in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Many more states are pushing for a ban on it. But the fact that there needs to be a law against it is proof enough that it was happening.

 

[cheerKT]

It actually is illegal in California, Illinois, Michigan, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware. Many more states are pushing for a ban on it. But the fact that there needs to be a law against it is proof enough that it was happening.

Ridiculous to have to turn over your passwords to social media accounts, but I can completely see turning over your usernames to be glanced over. There's no reason to log into your account and check your private interactions, but public ones I'd have to say I agree with.

 

[mollymags]

Ridiculous to have to turn over your passwords to social media accounts, but I can completely see turning over your usernames to be glanced over. There's no reason to log into your account and check your private interactions, but public ones I'd have to say I agree with.

I agree with anything public as it could be a representation of the company you work for, especially if you are publicly listing your employer on those sites. If you are working with a client for them and they search your name and see drunken antics on Facebook, they may choose to take their business elsewhere. But anything that you don't make public... that should be off limits.

 

[Cheermom1969]

i tried so hard to follow this thread but its almost 4 am and i just dont have the will power to read an entire novel written every 3 posts. my head hurts
:banghead:

Where's your passion? Where's your commitment? You can do it, read it allllllll!!!!! (ok, just my stuff cuz I'm funny) LOL!

:cheering:;)

 

[Cheeranswers]

Where's your passion? Where's your commitment? You can do it, read it allllllll!!!!! (ok, just my stuff cuz I'm funny) LOL!

:cheering:;)

hahaha if im being honest i DID read most of yours and a lot of them were funny.. other side, not so much.. kinda like a boring, long book..

 

[Cheermom1969]

I rather enjoyed some intelligent, adult discussions. I think that mccracal wasn't rude, disrespectful, etc., yet for a young intelligent person got treated rather rudely by a few adults on occasion in this thread.

Not sure I agree. Yes, he is a very intelligent young man, and I too am impressed by his debating abilities (truly). But there was bits of rudeness from him as well. I also feel he was condescending in his tone at times, and he apologized. Big respect from me for him doing that.
As I told him, maybe this isn't the place for long dissertations on the subject of twerking. I do get what he was trying to get people to do, critical thinking of why a rule should or shouldn't be a rule and the reasonings behind it, etc., but again, just don't think this is the place. Just my opinion. :)

 

[SheCheers]

Not sure I agree. Yes, he is a very intelligent young man, and I too am impressed by his debating abilities (truly). But there was bits of rudeness from him as well. I also feel he was condescending in his tone at times, and he apologized. Big respect from me for him doing that.
As I told him, maybe this isn't the place for long dissertations on the subject of twerking. I do get what he was trying to get people to do, critical thinking of why a rule should or shouldn't be a rule and the reasonings behind it, etc., but again, just don't think this is the place. Just my opinion. :)

The entire time I read this thread, "Know your audience" kept popping into my head.

 

[Kissmynfinities]

"If youre twerking, your not working!"

 

[Cheer Dad]

Wait, who does this?!! I think that's an invasion of privacy. I mean, technically a old employer is only allowed to tell a new potential employer if the employee is rehire-able, how long they worked there and what they did for risk of potential lawsuits? I understand that they do background checks and look into your social media (provided it's public), but where can they make you give them your password legally?

The internet is public domain not private. As pointed out, some states have made it illegal for companies to require your social media passwords but that is not always needed. Once out there it stays there and can usually be retrieved in some form and I would suppose with the new facial recognition software available might be even easier to find pictures of you posted by friends that you may never known about or knew about but were never tagged in.
Here is a link from an online legal magazine.
Technology: The right (and wrong) way to monitor your employees on social media

Here is another one, granted 2 years old, that illustrates a small survey of hiring managers.
How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates [INFOGRAPHIC]

 

[kristenthegreat]

Heck, I don't always need to be careful of my employers- I once posted a series of sad, angry fbook wall posts (I was in the middle of a breakup, and I'm the type of person who needs to talk things out loud to process them). I got a message from one of my older cousins asking if everything was alright. :oops:

Or the one time I posted about how this creepy guy got my number and sent me a series of threatening, harassing text messages. A few hours later I got a call from my father- one of my other cousins ratted me out to him. :rolleyes: Again, I'm 23.

 

[quitthedrama]

I sincerely apologize if what I've been saying has been coming off as condescending and pretentious. When I came into this thread, I wasn't thinking "Hah! Look at all you stupid plebeians! I, Captain Academia, will teach you about how the real world works!" I've been a member of the Fierceboard for years, and have a great respect for many of the posters here. In fact, I wrote about my love of the Fierceboard for one of my college applications!

I never wanted to have some big ole discussion about twerking. I think it's totally fine if people think it's gross; that's their prerogative. What was concerning me was the general attitude of "Twerking is 100% sexual and immoral and you're wrong if you feel otherwise". I just think it's really important to at least genuinely understand and respect other peoples' opinions, even if you don't necessarily agree with them. I think the importance of understanding and appreciating why people believe what they believe is much more of a black-and-white issue than twerking.

I am not trying to be rude here, and I think you had some valid points, but then I got so irritated with your lectures and tone and words that no one uses that I started getting all :confused::banghead::deadhorse:and didn't want to agree with anything you said anymore lol. Sometimes it's not what you say, but how you say it. You have been a member of the boards for a while, so you know that we love to debate here, but we also like to keep things fun. We get it - you are not opposed to twerking. We got it 10 pages ago. But other people are, and sometimes instead of arguing every.single.post that disagrees with you, you just have to go with the flow, turn the other cheek, have some sweet tea, whatever - just say "let's agree to disagree and move on". :cookie:

 

[cupieqt]

I rather enjoyed some intelligent, adult discussions. I think that mccracal wasn't rude, disrespectful, etc., yet for a young intelligent person got treated rather rudely by a few adults on occasion in this thread.

He was rude, just in a more long winded way. I tend to stick with zingers. He apologized and the discussion was finished, but we can start over if you'd like.


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[BigBow]

ew. thanks to the twitter feed on here, i just clicked on his twitter and go re-annoyed. rude :mad:.