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Looks like someone with a brain finally took charge of Digg. Also how common is it to offer to find jobs for people being layed off?

• ceejayoz 16y ago
  > Also how common is it to offer to find jobs for people being layed off? Very. The uncommon thing is that statement being any more than a useless platitude.
  • simonsarris 16y ago
    Just for the record 'useless platitude' is a pleonasm.
    • mortenjorck 16y ago
      Upvoted for causing me to learn about pleonasms.
      • corin_ 16y ago
        You clearly need to read Stephen Fry's autobiograph (Moab Is My Washpot) :)
    • deleted 16y ago
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    • redthrowaway 16y ago
      Not necessarily. A platitude is a seemingly profound, but trite and unoriginal, even meaningless statement. They aren't necessarily useless. For example, to tell a bereaved widow that their significant other is "in a better place" is a platitude, but it serves its purpose. I do question whether platitude is the correct word, but "useless platitude" is only a pleonasm if "useful platitude" is a contradiction, which I don't believe to be the case.
    • ceejayoz 16y ago
      "This was the most unkindest cut of all." - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar. If it's good enough for Shakespeare, by God it's good enough for me!