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Amused that the first sentence is "Terminology is an occupational hazard of philanthropy", I think he meant "hard words are often used by people who give money

by mavhc 11y ago

Amused that the first sentence is "Terminology is an occupational hazard of philanthropy", I think he meant "hard words are often used by people who give money away"

DanBC 11y ago
also "hard words are used by NGOs when you're trying to give money away". http://reliefweb.int/report/world/words-matter http://reliefweb.int/report/world/words-matter
- untothebreach 11y ago
  Doesn't pass the test :) http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/ http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/
sp332 11y ago
An occupational hazard is a danger that engaging in a profession opens you up to. Like injuries in football, or getting sued for malpractice as a doctor.
- deleted 11y ago
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pmelendez 11y ago
I don't think he mean that. I think he meant "People who practice philanthropy often hear hard words in their line of work."
- scrollaway 11y ago
  I think parent post was thing-explaining. :)
  - umeshunni 11y ago
    Let's try that again: "People who give money away to help people have to hear hard words at work."
mc32 11y ago
I think it means people for varying reasons see it appropriate to use industry specific terminology when discussing things with non insiders, either out of custom (no code switching) or as a way to project "professionalism" when it's not necessary for communication to occur.
lhl 11y ago
As others have mentioned, that's actually not what it means. Here's a version that's closer to the gist of it: "When you are trying to give away money, the people asking for it can often use special or hard words and ideas that you may not know or that may be confusing." Sadly "rare," "uncommon," "unclear," and a whole bunch of other words don't make the simplewriter cut (too bad the XKCD tool doesn't automatically try to pull up closet matches from a thesaurus filtered against the word-list).
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
> Amused that the first sentence is "Terminology is an occupational hazard of philanthropy", I think he meant "hard words are often used by people who give money away" Or you could have read literally the next three sentences and learned what he actually meant.

by mavhc 11y ago

Amused that the first sentence is "Terminology is an occupational hazard of philanthropy", I think he meant "hard words are often used by people who give money away"

DanBC 11y ago

also "hard words are used by NGOs when you're trying to give money away". http://reliefweb.int/report/world/words-matter http://reliefweb.int/report/world/words-matter

untothebreach 11y ago
Doesn't pass the test :) http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/ http://xkcd.com/simplewriter/

sp332 11y ago

An occupational hazard is a danger that engaging in a profession opens you up to. Like injuries in football, or getting sued for malpractice as a doctor.

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pmelendez 11y ago

I don't think he mean that. I think he meant "People who practice philanthropy often hear hard words in their line of work."

scrollaway 11y ago
I think parent post was thing-explaining. :)
- umeshunni 11y ago
  Let's try that again: "People who give money away to help people have to hear hard words at work."

mc32 11y ago

I think it means people for varying reasons see it appropriate to use industry specific terminology when discussing things with non insiders, either out of custom (no code switching) or as a way to project "professionalism" when it's not necessary for communication to occur.

lhl 11y ago

As others have mentioned, that's actually not what it means. Here's a version that's closer to the gist of it: "When you are trying to give away money, the people asking for it can often use special or hard words and ideas that you may not know or that may be confusing." Sadly "rare," "uncommon," "unclear," and a whole bunch of other words don't make the simplewriter cut (too bad the XKCD tool doesn't automatically try to pull up closet matches from a thesaurus filtered against the word-list).

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

> Amused that the first sentence is "Terminology is an occupational hazard of philanthropy", I think he meant "hard words are often used by people who give money away" Or you could have read literally the next three sentences and learned what he actually meant.