Massively popular and satirically genius website, Roadsodie.com and it's CEO, Nicholas Moran, have come under fire as of late for its hiring practices. The news broke early yesterday morning after an anonymous tip came into the local newspaper that Roadsodie had a white, male only work force. This anonymous person, let's call them FuzzBeed.com, pointed out that not only is this a clear violation of ethical standards and an outright moral travesty but that Roadsodie.com itself is a cheap knockoff of much better websites. They added it was a breeding ground of lame articles and hack jokes and is the Internet's version of those fish that swim behind hippos and feed off their excrement.
A reporter at the local paper dove deeper into the issue and found through an extensive search of Moran's Facebook page and the Roadsodie.com site that he is clearly just a Caucasian male. Not African American, not Mexican, not Asian, not female. Just a boring white male. The news soon went viral from there and civil rights activists have bombarded Roadsodie.com's social media sites with posts using the hashtag #BoycottRoadSodie and demanding it be shut down until things change.
A reporter at the local paper dove deeper into the issue and found through an extensive search of Moran's Facebook page and the Roadsodie.com site that he is clearly just a Caucasian male. Not African American, not Mexican, not Asian, not female. Just a boring white male. The news soon went viral from there and civil rights activists have bombarded Roadsodie.com's social media sites with posts using the hashtag #BoycottRoadSodie and demanding it be shut down until things change.
When reached for comment, Moran didn't deny this practice of work inequality, "Yeah it's just me, sitting on the couch with my laptop. " he said. "Oh and my cat Olive likes to hang around too. She's my right hand meow. My secretary of the scratching post. My editor-in-belly rubs. My VP of naps. My HR of hairballs."
Unfortunately for Moran and Roadsodie, this created a whole new firestorm of backlash and anger towards the site.
Unfortunately for Moran and Roadsodie, this created a whole new firestorm of backlash and anger towards the site.
Amidst all this controversy surrounding Roadsoadie.com, the website continues to thrive. New postings show up yearly and traffic to the site still reaches huge peaks of 10 to 12 people a day with at least a forth of them clicking on more than one link. Moran said things aren't going to change on his blog.
"I'm not going to stop being a white guy. It's who I am. It's my heritage and I'm proud of it. My grandparents, my great grandparents all fought hard to be white and I would never turn my back on it. And dogs just take too much effort. Yeah I'm going to take you for a walk every day. Walk yourself asshole."
"I'm not going to stop being a white guy. It's who I am. It's my heritage and I'm proud of it. My grandparents, my great grandparents all fought hard to be white and I would never turn my back on it. And dogs just take too much effort. Yeah I'm going to take you for a walk every day. Walk yourself asshole."
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