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Very unprofessional name.
by 1000units 9y ago
Very unprofessional name.
- crispinb 9y agoThis misuse of ‘professionalism’ to refer to the faux Victorian mannerliness fashionable amongst lesser suits is just one more troubling aspect of loss of conceptual resources inculcated by corporate culture.
- jrs95 9y agoThis really should have ended with a Jesse Pinkman-esque "Bitch".
- crispinb 9y agoDare I admit I had no idea who that was? I only wasn’t laughed at because my mates already know TV references are wasted on me.
- 1000units 9y agoIt's objectively a matter of bad optics for a product marketed towards general professional audiences. I'm personally unoffended, but I recognize it as a mistake because I know business. I don't think you know how to size a suit. If you're interested in making this about my personality, click on my username.
- crispinb 9y agoWhether it is ‘objectively’ so or not has little to do with professionalism, which kind of makes my point (which is that an important concept is falling into disrepair because the word for it is being misused). Anyway it seems I offended you, for which I apologise. My ire was roused by the usage, not the writer. I have no doubt I do worse often enough.
- matt4077 9y agoI hate these mid-level pencil-pushers that "aren't personally offended" but terribly fear others might be. There's an airline named Virgin, a morning-after pill "Plan B", one of SpaceX's vessels is called "Of Course I Still Love You", and the Secret Service uses a weapon called YAR ("Yet another rifle"). Insisting everything should be named "Widget X2000-F1" is the telltale sign of mediocrity.
- degenerate 9y agoEvery time I see "The Boring Company" mentioned somewhere, I crack a smile. The business world needs more fun and liveliness, so I'm appreciative when someone names a product something neat.
- jaysoncena 9y agoCan you give more context?
- 1000units 9y agoIt evokes the gesture of one grabbing himself and shouting something impolite, as depicted in any of a number of De Niro films, for example.
- jrs95 9y agoThat's funny I was just doing that in response to your comments ;)
- 1000units 9y agoI've got your database right here, pal!
- bdcravens 9y agoPresumably that's a colloquialism not widely understood? That meaning really didn't occur to me until I read your comment.
- kentor 9y agoMaybe if it weren't plural. You're way over thinking things.
- 1000units 9y agoThere's two of them.
- IMTDb 9y agoMaybe I don't get it, but...why ? According to comment, some people might be offended by the name, but I really can't see how :/