Brad Dickson

Managing Editor

Editor, Writer, Content Producer, and Biologist originally from the Pacific Northwest. 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. Interested in exploring and writing about how technology and culture shape our social interactions both at home and in the workplace. I joined Cheezburger in 2016, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally settling on Fail Blog. At that point, Fail Blog was all about classic “FAILs” and schadenfreude but has since become more about how the internet and its trends intersect with our lives and social experiences at home, out and about in the world, and in the workplace. In a sense: how society is failing us. I enjoy keeping up with our rapidly changing culture and technology. Writing, then, about how technology, the internet, and pop culture converge and how they influence (and are influenced by) current employment, economic, and workplace issues. Owing to my background in the sciences, I have grown particularly fond of exploring the impacts of science and technology on our lives, creativity, and productivity. I have a particular love for music and dedicate most of my spare time to making it. Also, 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.

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CEO says employee's prototypes are bad, lays her off and then steals her ideas: 'I should have just quit'

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Restaurant Manager Demands 26-Year-Old Employee Get a Doctor’s Note When They Try to Call Out for 1 Day, Doctor Writes Him off for 4 Instead—"Well, you need a doctor's note or it's an unexcused absence"

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Neighbor costs landowner the sale of his 15-acre North Alabama property when he confronts buyers with photos of the property flooding during their final viewing before sale—landowner already spent "thousands" to fix the issue

Unforeseen costs when purchasing a new home left this Washington State island property owner with just 2 months to pay an $18,500 invoice from their HOA

HOA in Washington State Sends Island-Bound Homeowners an $18,500 Invoice With Just 2 Months to Pay, Leaving Homeowners With Little Options—They Claim It Has Been a Known Issue for 18 Years, but the Homeowner Was Unaware When Buying

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Homeowner witnesses their neighbor attaching his hose to their backyard spigot as soon as they leave their home, proceeding to fill his pool for 30 minutes: 'What would you have done?'

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Customer Is Told by the Bank That There Is Nothing Further That Can Be Done To Resolve Their Issue, They Email Every Manager They Can Find and It Gets Fixed Immediately After

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Customer shares their harmless petty method of getting back at the major bank that unceremoniously laid off their dad, who had worked there for 20 years: 'They wanted to maximize their profits'

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The Importance of Taking Time off Work—Boss Demands To Know Exactly What Employee Is Doing Before She Will Approve PTO in Viral Social Media Post—‘It Just Feels Weird That She Keeps Asking'

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Rural landowners face losing access to their longtime driveway when a new neighbor purchases the land adjacent on either side and begins preventing access and threatening legal action: 'They have lived in their house for over 10 years'

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Ex-employer asks employee to write a positive review for them on a third-party platform—employee leaves them a scathing 1-star review and gets their fake positive reviews removed: 'I reported the 3 new 4.5-star reviews for manipulation'