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(Business people) speaking a language familiar and dear to them. Its portentous nouns and verbs invest ordinary events with high adventure; executives walk among toner cartridges, caparisoned like knights. We should tolerate them - every person of spirit wants to ride a white horse. -William Strunk Jr. (The Elements of Style)

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[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 6 months ago

also, every single job listing says this, and i'm NOT willing nor able to work in such an environment

god i love capitalism

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 10 points 6 months ago

Yeah and I fucking hate it because I don't just assume everyone is lying so I never apply to those places.

I don't think these idiots realize how hard they're shooting themselves in the foot with these kinds of ridiculous descriptions...

Also the "college degree required, starting salary: 2 peanuts and a dead cat, bimonthly pay periods."

Absolute insanity.

[-] Mirshe@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago
[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

"We used to dream about getting a dead cat!"

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