That would be a lateral move, as Kid Rock is already something I want nothing to do and am fully prepared to avoid entirely.

I think he's far to old to call himself Kid Rock. It's time to grow up and evolve your sound, and a name change would definitely herald that newfound maturity.

…and that's why they fired him?

hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

So you don't think any of this caused any sort of bad press for Google? Do you need the CEO of Google to explain the obvious for you, or are you just being needlessly pedantic here?

Leave it to a bunch of fucking nerds on the internet to devise a way to swim through a sea of gold coins while also sucking all the fun out of it in the process.

If you sign my Outlaws 2 petition, I'll sign yours. Or did we already do that already?

That was the reason.

And in the aftermath, Miss Swan will tell you everything.

An SNL writer is the reason Democrats lost special elections this year

No, a guy made a 10 page mini-manifesto no one asked for and it got distributed which ended up A) making the company look bad and B)alienating a good number of employees and creating a hostile work environment.

When no one asked you to make the company look bad and alienate a large portion of your staff but you do it anyways, you should absolutely be fired for saying that stupid thing.

You sure? I'm going to rinse it out real good, if that's what you're worried about.

pffffffftttttt

It's not often that an AV Club writer truly understands their audience.

THAT'S your first question?

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That can only mean one thing: they were swear names!

Of course Milo Yawannapulldapudtathis has his fingerprints on this.

That, and a general reluctance to say "Hey, I'm going to Google headquarters to protest that guy who got fired which you may have read about soooooo I'm going to need Monday off."