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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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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

When you’re not involved it sucks, but when you are it’s amazing.

Yes, and the people who don't want to be involved have to just sit there and try to work through that chaos. It's rude behavior.

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